From owner-cvs-all Sat Jan 15 20:39:15 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from 1Cust10.tnt2.washington.dc.da.uu.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 560961503E; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 20:39:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from green@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 23:39:07 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman X-Sender: green@green.dyndns.org To: Kris Kennaway Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/secure/lib Makefile src/secure/usr.bin Makefile In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: > > > Well, you have to realize that we all have a responsibility to not break > > things. Committing a library with significant missing functionality, > > having the same name as a preceding port _with_ that functionality, is > > very bad. It breaks our ports. I know you're the maintainer, but you > > have to really think about the responsibility of keeping things working. > > Ever heard of LD_LIBRARY_PATH? There's no reason you have to stop using > your ports-built openssl until the in-system is working to your > satisfaction. LD_LIBRARY_PATH does not override the libraries, it _adds_ to them. This is also definitely a HUGE KLUGE in this situation, in addition to it not working. > > Getting reports of other things which might be broken with the library is > IMO much more important than the temporary inconvenience of missing > functionality, given the approaching release and the above workaround. I > want to hear of any non-RSA related problems with openssl, which means > getting widespread testing now. Missing functionality? People depend on the SSHes and other ports which use RSA. If you know it's broken, don't do it. > Kris -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! / green@FreeBSD.org `------------------------------' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message