From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Dec 15 18:37:23 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC76DC81936 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:37:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (dnvrco-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.73.230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com", Issuer "dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 872F3E73 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:37:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from [76.183.153.52] ([76.183.153.52:52329] helo=[192.168.0.4]) by dnvrco-omsmta02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.9.48312 r(Core:3.6.9.0)) with ESMTP id 36/58-16304-992E2585; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:36:10 +0000 Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:36:08 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl Reply-To: Paul Schmehl To: FreeBSD Questions cc: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu Subject: Re: Openssl - base or port? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <42502.128.135.52.6.1481826448.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <42502.128.135.52.6.1481826448.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.64.7:25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:37:23 -0000 --On December 15, 2016 at 12:27:28 PM -0600 Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > On Thu, December 15, 2016 11:47 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: >> Is there an advantage to use openssl from base rather than ports? Or >> vice versa? When was openssl added to the base? Why? > > I know this is not an answer, but some of the packages may be built with > openssl from packages as opposed to base. Theoretically it shouldn't > matter (cough... cough...), but some package using SSL (though it didn't > bring openssl package as dependency) didn't work for me until I installed > openssl package. Hopefully someone knowledgeable will weigh in on this. > You are absolutely correct, but I never use packages. I prefer to build from ports. Paul Schmehl, Retired As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell