openssl-0.9.8

[Jerry Lundström]

Auke Kok wrote:
> this is an ever re-occuring problem with only one answer: you have to 
> recompile all modules that (somehow) depend on openssl.

Well, no =) there is another way.

If we take libssl as example the normal installtion of libraries are 
something like this:

libssl.so.0.9.8
libssl.so.0 -> libssl.so.0.9.8
libssl.so -> libssl.so.0

( pattern: lib<name>.so.<major>.<minor>.<patchlvl>
   and -> is a symlink. )

Like Debian we should look into if we can get ld to link to the .so (or 
the .so.major) so that when installing a newer version wont break others.

Sadly, I dont know how ld priorities the selecting of libraries so 
someone need to look into this since I'm as usally too busy.