On 11 mai 2015, at 07:43, Viktor Dukhovni <openssl-users at dukhovni.org> wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 07:07:13AM +0200, Patrick Proniewski wrote: > >> I would like to upgrade openssl, libssl and libcrypto on my Mac OS X 10.6.8 >> system. The purpose is to allow system and softwares to use the new libs >> (for example ssh, sshd, Mail...). Do you think it's possible? > > You can install OpenSSL from MacPorts or Homebrew, choose whichever > you prefer. Using MacPorts/Homebrew instead of manual install would allow /usr/bin/ssh (for example) to use /usr/local/openssl/lib/libcrypto.1.0.0.dylib instead of /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib ? >> I can already install openssl and libs somewhere else (/usr/local), but >> if possible I would like to replace those provided by the system. > > That would be a mistake. It is best to not replace system libraries > with incompatible upstream versions. "how much" do you think it would be incompatible? The more I think about it, the more I do agree with you, but I can't help thinking that's too bad I can't upgrade openssl+libs on my system.
