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authorCory Benfield <lukasaoz@gmail.com>2015-10-07 15:07:57 +0100
committerCory Benfield <lukasaoz@gmail.com>2015-10-07 15:07:57 +0100
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Don't accidentally use out-of-date OpenSSLs.
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@@ -137,9 +137,10 @@ install the Cryptography dependencies as mentioned in :ref:`build-on-linux`.
Please also make sure you have `virtualenv`_ installed: this should be
available from your system package manager.
-Then, run the following shell script. Feel free to adjust the OpenSSL version
-if you'd like to use something more recent or you have specific version
-requirements.
+Then, paste the following into a shell script. You'll need to populate the
+``OPENSSL_VERSION`` variable. To do that, visit `openssl.org`_ and find the
+latest non-FIPS release version number, then set the string appropriately. For
+example, for OpenSSL 1.0.2d, use ``OPENSSL_VERSION="1.0.2d"``.
When this shell script is complete, you'll find a collection of wheel files in
a directory called ``wheelhouse``. These wheels can be installed by a
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ dependencies.
set -e
- OPENSSL_VERSION="1.0.2d"
+ OPENSSL_VERSION="VERSIONGOESHERE"
CWD=$(pwd)
virtualenv env