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Re: [esoe-dev] Re: OpenSSL minimum version for saml2cpp?

Luke Daley <lda...@gmail.com>

On 16/02/2009, at 8:57 AM, Shaun Mangelsdorf wrote:

> I can clarify a little here. We developed against a 0.9.8 version  
> (the specific version escapes me, but 0.9.8e sounds about right). We  
> currently have a production SPEP running on Redhat 4 which uses  
> 0.9.7a (not sure if this has Redhat-specific patches).. So at the  
> least, it is API-compatible with that version.

> As Bradley mentioned, the later the better. I wouldn't be keen on  
> fixing any bugs that were caused by earlier versions of OpenSSL than  
> 0.9.7.

Given that there are quite a few systems that ship with 0.9.7 then  
it's probably worth stating that as the minimum requirement if possible.

The current autoconf scripts don't check for dependencies at all,  
leading to compile time errors if dependencies are not satisfied. I  
would like to gradually make this more rigorous so it's easier to  
compile this stuff from scratch. The difference being is that ./
configure will give you specific error messages telling you what's  
wrong rather than make complaining about missing headers or symbols.

http://esoeproject.org/confluence/display/eu/Apache+SPEP+Installation...
  does not mention OpenSSL as a build dependency at all, should it?