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Date:      Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:00:47 -0400
From:      Jim Ohlstein <jim@ohlste.in>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>, =?utf-8?Q?Martin_Waschb=C3=BCsch?= <martin@waschbuesch.de>, ports@freebsd.org, Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>
Subject:   Re: Committer needed for PR 208029
Message-ID:  <261A33F8-4884-48B4-9152-4AD9CBC2CE3F@ohlste.in>
In-Reply-To: <C370FD7BEFFDA8136306B7AD@ogg.in.absolight.net>
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> <C370FD7BEFFDA8136306B7AD@ogg.in.absolight.net>

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Hello,

> On Apr 6, 2016, at 11:37 AM, Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> +--On 6 avril 2016 10:06:41 -0400 Jim Ohlstein <jim@ohlste.in> wrote:
> | Hello,
> |=20
> | On 4/6/16 12:44 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> |> Hi!
> |>=20
> |>> Actually, I just noticed (when compiling the port), that the Makefile
> |>> now says:
> |>>=20
> |>> WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=3Dyes
> |>=20
> |> Yes, sorry, my fault. Fixed, and as suggested by mat: It is
> |> now as IGNORE with a message explaining how to do it for 9.x.
> |>=20
> |=20
> | This is much ado about nothing. The "WITH_OPENSSL_PORT" option is there
> | for just this purpose and is used in many ports.
>=20
> No, the WITH_OPENSSL_PORT knob is a global one, and must not be used in
> ports makefiles.  The fact is, there are ports using it, true, it does not=

> mean it is the right thing to do.
>=20

Then there are many ports being committed incorrectly, as well as, no doubt,=
 many *official* packages.=20

I really have no dog in this fight. I use it globally and build all of my ow=
n packages with poudriere, but either it shouldn't be there at all, or it sh=
ould be ok to use. Having it available as an option to porters and then sayi=
ng it shouldn't be used seems a bit silly.=20

> There is work going on to always use OpenSSL from ports, but it also needs=

> to take into account GSSAPI, and it's a mess.

--
Jim=



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