Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:13:12 +0200 From: Uwe Doering <gemini@geminix.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SOLVED: Re: openssl port not over-writing the base Message-ID: <407D6318.6090807@geminix.org> In-Reply-To: <20040412154038.A93479@floyd.gnulife.org> References: <20040412143432.I93393@floyd.gnulife.org> <20040412154038.A93479@floyd.gnulife.org>
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Jamie wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Jamie wrote:
>> Tried upgrading openssl this morning on a 4.9REL machine with ports.
>>
>> I went into /usr/ports/security/openssl and ran:
>>
>> make -DOPENSSL_OVERWRITE_BASE=yes install
>>
>> When it was through building, it didn't over-write the /usr/bin/openssl
>>binary, but it did install the new openssl in /usr/local/bin.
>>
>> What am I missing here? The makefile has this line in it:
>>
>>.if defined(OPENSSL_OVERWRITE_BASE)
>>
>> I can't understand why it would put it in /usr/local.
>
> I was able to get it built correctly without the =yes appended to the
> option.
The correct syntax for assigning a value to a make variable would be
make OPENSSL_OVERWRITE_BASE=yes install
This can be important in cases where just defining the variable with
'-D' is not enough.
Uwe
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