Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:56:11 -0600 (CST) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: errata for FreeBSD Handbook, Section 14.6 OpenSSL Message-ID: <201411172056.sAHKuBiZ015566@host203.r-bonomi.com>
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Current text reads:
FreeBSD provides two versions of OpenSSL: one in the base system and one in
the Ports Collection. Users can choose which version to use by default for
other ports using the following knobs:
WITH_OPENSSL_PORT: when set, the port will use OpenSSL from the
security/openssl port, even if the version in the base system is up to date
or newer.
WITH_OPENSSL_BASE: when set, the port will compile against OpenSSL
provided by the base system.
The meaning of 'knobs' is _not_ clear -- if one reads this section alone.
A simple edit, changing both occurances of
'when set, the port will'
to
'when this environment variable is set, any port build will'
makes it absolutely clear (on a stand-alone basis) what the 'knob' is, and
what it affects.
I had a GAWDAFUL time trying to build 'mplayer', in *small* part because of
this (nghttp2 build abords 'OpenSSL 1.0.1+ required, even when OpenSSL 1.0.1j'
is installed -- apparently it finds the base version _first_, and doesn't
check for the ports version. it should be smart enough to check for both,
if the first check comes up 'not recent enough', and if either library _is_
'new enough' use that one, possibly requesting confirmation if more than
one version is found. *snarl* ), and in large part because there are
_circular_ dependencies among some of the 'mplayer' dependencies
mplayer
cmake
curl
nghttp2
llvm35
{and one more whose name escapes me}
I appear to have gotten things beaten into submission, by installing 'packages'
for curl, cmake and nghttp2 and _then_ trying the port build, but it *HAS* been
a major (as in most of a _week_) battle.
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