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Date:      Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:00:45 -0500
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: superfluous libraries?
Message-ID:  <16850.65245.133177.837563@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <44fz1px7uu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <16850.9035.858785.417563@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <44fz1px7uu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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Lowell Gilbert writes:

>  > ** /usr/local/lib/libssl.so.3 is shadowed by /usr/lib/libssl.so.3
>  >         /usr/lib/libssl.so.3    <- ?
>  >         /usr/local/lib/libssl.so.3      <- openssl-0.9.7e_1
>  >  --> This may be an undesirable situation
>  > Leave /usr/lib/libssl.so.3 (specify -i to ask on this)
>  > 
>  > 	Is there any reason not to delete the versions that came from
>  > openssl-0.9.7e_1?  Obviously I don't want to delete the port, but
>  > these particular files?
>  
>  It sounds like you don't want to use the port's version of the
>  libraries.

	I see no reason to have two copies of the same object around,
(except for backup, which isn't the case here).  I'd also like to
get rid of the warnings.  :-)

>  If that's the case, you *can* delete the port.

	I was reluctant to delete the port because it also has a bunch
of header (.h) files et al..  If those come with the base
distribution, then I _can_ delete the port without harm.

	Thanks.


			Robert Huff






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