fixup: code review comments

Author: addaleax

README.md

@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ variable. For detailed instructions for each of our supported platforms, please
 [installation documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/install#mdb-shell-install).
 
 Alternatively:
-- Run `npx mongosh` to run mongosh without a full installation.
+- Run `npx mongosh` to run mongosh without a full installation. This is
+  easiest if you already have npm installed.
 - Run `download_latest.sh` to download a `mongosh` binary. You can use
-this script without cloning the repository thus:
-```
+  the following script:
+```sh
 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mongodb-js/mongosh/refs/heads/main/download_latest.sh | sh
 ```
 

download_latest.sh

@@ -56,12 +56,22 @@ case "$arch" in
         # Use uname’s reported architecture in the jq query.
 esac
 
+if [ "$os" = "linux" ]; then
+    if ldd $(which curl) | grep -q libssl.so.3 ; then
+        openssl_query='.sharedOpenssl == "openssl3"'
+    else
+        openssl_query='(has("sharedOpenssl") | not)'
+    fi
+else
+    openssl_query=''
+fi
+
 jq_query=$(cat <<EOF
 .versions[0].downloads[] |
 select(
     .distro == "$os" and
     .arch == "$arch" and
-    (has("sharedOpenssl") | not)
+    $openssl_query
 ) |
 .archive.url
 EOF

packages/build/src/download-center/config.ts

@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ export function getUpdatedDownloadCenterConfig(
     currentVersions[matchingMajorVersionIdx] = versionConfig;
   }
 
+  // NB: download_latest.sh depends on the specific ordering of versions here.
   currentVersions.sort((a, b) => semver.rcompare(a.version, b.version));
 
   return {