Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 23:19:26 -0400 From: Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenSSL vs. -lmd Message-ID: <200208012319.26676@aldan> In-Reply-To: <3D49E41D.57DBF81C@mindspring.com> References: <200207311641.g6VGfRWj099655@freefall.freebsd.org> <200208012006.25130@aldan> <3D49E41D.57DBF81C@mindspring.com>
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On Thursday 01 August 2002 09:45 pm, Terry Lambert wrote: = Mikhail Teterin wrote: = ...not very happening, if I need an app_verify_callback() that = actually passes the user's void * parameter like it's supposed = to, AES CFB or OFB or CTR, RFC2256 compliance for object = definitions, IBM 4758 crypto card support, or want Theo de Raadt's = security patch for ui_openssl.c, or want X.509 mandatory extension = handling or CRL checking, or use PKCS#7 with S/MIME, etc.. That = (and a lot more) all requires that I use 0.9.7. So, you can either upgrade the port, or install OpenSSL-0.9.7 on your own, following the generic procedure. Nothing will break... [...] = > In any case, same problem (if it is a problem) exists with -lc, -lm = > (oh, yes!) and other libraries. Why pick on OpenSSL? = = Because it was the example in the subject line of a message that = wanted to get rid of libmd, making my software dependent on the = libcrypt version number when it wasn't before. But you are happy to depend on libmd's version number? = If I picked a different example, it would just be someone else = unhappy, plus people could complain that it was off topic for = the subject line. 8-). In other words, in your view, the system should contain no third-party usable libraries at all?.. Perhaps. But ours does contain plenty, and OpenSSL is hardly the first candidate to be removed. -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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