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Date:      Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:00:44 +0100
From:      "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net, cvs-src@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@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:  <20071115200043.GB1150@zaphod.nitro.dk>
In-Reply-To: <op.t1nlkiky9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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> <op.t1nlkiky9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>

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On 2007.11.11 18:42:08 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote:

> 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.

It's not intentionally that the .pc files are not installed.

>From what I can see the .pc files are generated and not just
distributed with OpenSSL and installed.  Since we in the base system
doesn't use the OpenSSL build framework/toos somebody(tm) needs to
find a good way to do this with our build framework.

I will try to have a look at this at some point in a not too distant
future, but no promises of when.  If it's important to anybody,
patches are accepted :-).

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen



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