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add caveat regarding OpenSSL installs [skip ci] (#402)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Baentsch <57787676+baentsch@users.noreply.github.com>
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OpenSSL 3.2.0-dev (Library: OpenSSL 3.2.0-dev )
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### Note on OpenSSL installation

If one does not have an OpenSSL version installed in a suitable version, care
is advised installing such version such as not to damage a pre-installed/system-wide
`openssl` installation.

In order to experiment with a local `openssl` version, we have made available
[a shell script](scripts/fullbuild.sh) creating a local, non-system wide installed
`openssl` binary. By default, the current "master" branch is built by this script
but it can be configured to build any release/tag by setting the [OPENSSL_BRANCH](CONFIGURE.md#openssl_branch)
environment variable.

## Activation

Every OpenSSL provider needs to be activated for use. There are three main ways
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