Re: [exim-dev] Exim 4.91 RC1

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Author: Viktor Dukhovni
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To: exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] Exim 4.91 RC1


> On Mar 17, 2018, at 11:05 PM, Phil Pennock via Exim-dev <exim-dev@???> wrote:
>
> Oh: any preferences around OpenSSL 1.1.X for exim.org box? We currently
> "drink our own champagne" when it comes to advice around OpenSSL
> libraries and deprecation, with 1.0.2n in /opt/openssl/.
>
> I'm tentatively thinking that we can wait for OpenSSL 1.1.1 to reach
> Beta status, then have /opt/openssl111/ for that, and have port-25 Exim
> use 1.0.2 and port-26 Exim use 1.1.1, just skipping 1.1.0 entirely. But
> I've not been doing the recent maintenance work on TLS in Exim, you
> have, so I'll (probably) defer to your preference here.


You may find the notes for the below commits to OpenSSL 1.1.0 and upcoming
1.1.1 useful for building alternate versions of OpenSSL "on the side":

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/822b5e2645a99bea15329bd66c9723c7e7119cdb
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/e6f38fb817d831ed093f7d7140325783b5556d8f

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    Viktor.