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Werk #7629: Fixed OpenSSL version warning when used on older distros (e.g. SLES11)

Component Other components
Title Fixed OpenSSL version warning when used on older distros (e.g. SLES11)
Date Feb 3, 2017
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.4.0i3 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The warning message could occur e.g. when using the active check "check_bi_aggr" or other components on older distros that ship with an old OpenSSL version that is not supported anymore by the OpenSSL project.

The message is:

"You are linking against OpenSSL 0.9.8, which is no longer

RuntimeError: You are linking against OpenSSL 0.9.8, which is no longer support by the OpenSSL project. You need to upgrade to a newer version of OpenSSL."

Basically this is only a warning message, but prevents some components form working properly because scripts are producing unexpected output.

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