[Box Backup] Could do with some advice on getting Boxbackup compiled ....

[Martin Ebourne]

dave_d at boltblue.com wrote:
> Just one question .....  Will the executables that are finally produced (i.e.
> bbstored,bbbackupd, etc) run correctly without   
> /opt/openssl-0.9.8a/lib being globally
> defined to be before the stock openssl.

No they won't, as I mentioned in the email.

>  In other words it is a requirement for me that the rest of the system
> functions as though Boxbackup did not exist using the
> stock installation of openssl and that boxbackup runs independantly   
> using its very own version of OnenSSL
> (I guess that the path can be locally defined in the startup procedure)

Yes, that's the best plan in your situation.

Cheers,

Martin.