> Is it actually searching /usr/lib64 aswell? Because shouldn't it pick up > on the following: Hit should do it: # strace ld -m elf64ppc -lssl 2>&1|grep lib64 |grep -v ENOENT open("/usr/lib64/libssl.so", O_RDONLY) = 4 <-- open("/usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/lib64/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 6 open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 7 open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 7 open("/lib64/ld64.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 8 # ld --version GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220 Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty. Hmm.. does 'ldconfig -p' list the 64bit version of openssl? > Also, would you mind updating the 64bit packages to the latest > slackintosh 11.0 versions :)? glibc + openssl are about to upload.. Regards, Adrian