The Find OpenSSL Lib algorithm no longer looks for a library without any suffix, unless an empty suffix is included in the list of suffixes. For Linux, the default empty suffix is the first in the list (e.g. looks for libcrtypo.so first. For Windows, libcrypto.dll is the last in the list.

Author: MWASoftware

src/opensslHdrs/IdSSLOpenSSLAPI.pas

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ interface
     {$IFDEF UNIX}
   DirListDelimiter = ':';
   LibSuffix = '.so';
-  DefaultLibVersions = '.3:.1.1:.1.0.2:.1.0.0:.0.9.9:.0.9.8:.0.9.7:.0.9.6';
+  DefaultLibVersions = ':.3:.1.1:.1.0.2:.1.0.0:.0.9.9:.0.9.8:.0.9.7:.0.9.6';
   {$ENDIF}
   {$IFDEF WINDOWS}
   DirListDelimiter = ';';
@@ -493,8 +493,6 @@ function TOpenSSLDynamicLibProvider.FindLibrary(LibName , LibVersions : string;
        LibVersionsList.Free;
     end;
   end;
-  if Result = NilHandle then
-     DoLoadLibrary(OpenSSLPath + LibName);
 end;
 
 constructor TOpenSSLDynamicLibProvider.Create;