We have to keep the beta status on 3 as some applications (OpenSSH) incorrectly insist on having the same beta status of OpenSSL library as they were built against. diff -up openssl-1.0.0-beta4/crypto/opensslv.h.version openssl-1.0.0-beta4/crypto/opensslv.h --- openssl-1.0.0-beta4/crypto/opensslv.h.version 2009-11-12 15:17:28.000000000 +0100 +++ openssl-1.0.0-beta4/crypto/opensslv.h 2009-11-13 12:39:08.000000000 +0100 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ * (Prior to 0.9.5a beta1, a different scheme was used: MMNNFFRBB for * major minor fix final patch/beta) */ -#define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER 0x10000004L +#define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER 0x10000003L #ifdef OPENSSL_FIPS #define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT "OpenSSL 1.0.0-fips-beta4 10 Nov 2009" #else