[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#699692: Bug#699692: "Illegal instruction" when installing (creating certificate) with Wheezy's version 1.0.1c-4 of openssl on a system with Cyrix MII / IBM 6x86

[Hans-Juergen Mauser]

Hello Kurt,

thanks for your hint - by disabling this capability flag (bit 62) for 
RDRAND, it works perfectly!

The _unmodified_ content (without env-var override) of the capability 
variables look like this:

OPENSSL_ia32cap_P[0] = 0x0080A535
OPENSSL_ia32cap_P[1] = 0x64616574


As a workaround, I will set the override variable globally to be 
compatible to the most recent versions - however, it would be good if a 
fix can be integrated into the code itself as former versions are working.

If no fix is possible, documentation would be an alternative as I think 
that even for advanced users, these control variables are very special, 
internal details of openssl which are anything but obvious.


Thanks and best regards,

Hans-Juergen Mauser