Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:42:08 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Subject: Re: OpenSSL import [was: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 mp_machdep.c src/sys/i386/i386 mp_machdep.c] Message-ID: <op.t1nlkiky9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20071111102044.GB1020@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <200711081945.lA8JjKcW080540@repoman.freebsd.org> <47337724.9040108@FreeBSD.org> <47337940.6040909@root.org> <47340B74.9070004@freebsd.org> <4734B13C.6050008@root.org> <4734B629.4010001@delphij.net> <20071111102044.GB1020@zaphod.nitro.dk>
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:20:45 -0600, Simon L. Nielsen <simon@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 2007.11.09 11:34:01 -0800, Xin LI wrote: > >> > [1] OpenSSL 0.9.7h, change 10/2005 by Matthew D. Wood of Intel, >> > http://www.openssl.org/news/changelog.html >> > [2] OpenSSL 0.9.8f, change 10/2007 by Matthew D. Wood of Intel, >> > http://www.openssl.org/news/changelog.html >> >> Sorry for hijacking this thread, are we going to import a new OpenSSL >> release? Sounds like we have to do a full package build if we want to >> do that... > > For both RELENG_6 and RELENG_7, not unless somebody comes up with very > strong arguments to do so. The risk of blowing things up this late in > the release cycle is just to great. > > The latest 0.9.8 security issue was fixed with patch rather than > complete new import to avoid disruptions to the 7.x release process. > > My current plan is to import the new OpenSSL 0.9.8 release into HEAD > after 7.0 has been released, and them MFC to RELENG_7 if possble > later. While I am here, I am wondering why we don't have openssl.pc import and install (maybe /usr/libdata/pkgconfig)? I think, OpenBSD does install openssl.pc. I think it would be nice if FreeBSD has openssl.pc too for I don't have to add hacks in ports tree to workaround of openssl.pc doesn't exist. Cheers, Mezz -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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