libcrypto names

[Chris St. Pierre]

I've got an RPM that requires libcrypto.so.0.9.7.  The problem is that
RHEL's OpenSSL package provides libcrypto.so.4.  Some googling
suggests that these are, in fact, the same library, just named
differently: the .4 is an RHEL thing, while the .0.9.7 is the OpenSSL
version.  (The RPM is packaged without a specific distro in mind.)
How can I solve this dependency, preferably without installing a
non-RHEL OpenSSL package?

The only thing I can think of is to create an RPM package that just
installs a symlink to libcrypto.so.4 under libcrypto.so.0.9.7, and
reports to the RPM database that this package provides
libcrypto.so.0.9.7.  This seems like overkill, and I'm also a total
noob when it comes to making my own RPMs.  Other ideas?

Chris St. Pierre
Unix Systems Administrator
Nebraska Wesleyan University