Re: Is it possible to force an application to use newer OpenSSL from pkgsrc?

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 12:11 AM Jason Mitchell <jar%bigjar.com@localhost> wrote:
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> Sorry for top posting, but the app is compiled against libcrypyo.so.14 (openssl 1.1.1g) whereas I want it to use libcrypto.so.1.1 (OpenSSL 1.1.1i)

OpenSSL 1.1.x are all binary compatible. You can swap them in and out.
For example, you can swap OpenSSL 1.1.0a and 1.1.1k and everything
will work as expected.

Also see https://www.openssl.org/policies/releasestrat.html in the OpenSSL FAQ.

Jeff