Compile OpenSSL with the 'shared' option?

Question

On CentOS 5.4, OpenSSL compiles fine without \'shared\' option. But when I passed that option the compilation fails with:

/usr/bin/ld: libcrypto.a(x86

Answer 1

Same problem here, BUT usually Makefiles will consider environment variables for compiler or linker options.

So, if you place the -fPIC option before calling the configure script, it should take care of it. You can do it with:

CFLAGS=-fPIC ./config shared --prefix=/your/path

or

export CFLAGS=-fPIC
./config shared --prefix=/your/path

It worked for me.