Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 11:05:46 -0400 From: Jim Ohlstein <jim@ohlste.in> To: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Committer needed for PR 208029 Message-ID: <15968328-7756-4053-822B-0DDB5CB07D37@ohlste.in> In-Reply-To: <20160406144727.GP35640@home.opsec.eu> References: <498CA3F8-15EF-45BD-880C-241F83CBE3DD@waschbuesch.de> <20160405185159.GK35640@home.opsec.eu> <20160405200835.GM35640@home.opsec.eu> <57042958.5010701@sorbs.net> <C96569DA-ADC5-4BE0-819A-7375C3F50D8E@waschbuesch.de> <20160406044431.GO35640@home.opsec.eu> <570517F1.5020305@ohlste.in> <20160406144727.GP35640@home.opsec.eu>
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Hello, > On Apr 6, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> wrote: >=20 > Hi! >=20 >> This is much ado about nothing. The "WITH_OPENSSL_PORT" option is there=20= >> for just this purpose and is used in many ports. >=20 > In 9.x this is sometimes a problem, if port X builds in variant 1 > and port Y depends/links on X, but builds in variant 2. So it's > a temporary solution for 9.x and will be solved when 9.x is EOL'ed. >=20 > I'm not sure how this is solved in 10.x/11.x, probably the base SSL > is much more up2date. >=20 >> Forcing users who want to use this port to use OpenSSL from ports for=20 >> ALL ports is overkill. >=20 >> Think about official packages. Are ALL packages built against OpenSSL=20 >> from ports, or only those that need them? It's the latter, of course.=20 >> Are they incompatible in production? No. >=20 > There are grey areas, and I guess it will be like that for 9.x. Not only 9.x. 10.x has OpenSSL 1.0.1. Some ports require 1.0.2 which is in p= orts. Openssl 1.1.0 is soon to be released but almost certainly won't be in 1= 1. It's likely to always be an issue. It's up to each individual maintainer t= o make certain his or her ports behave correctly if binaries link to one ano= ther. For a port like this the proper solution is to use the least intrusive= option.=20 -- Jim=
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