Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 20:46:34 -0800 From: "Chris H" <portmaster@BSDforge.com> To: "Matthew Luckie" <mjl@luckie.org.nz> Cc: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, "Eugene Grosbein" <eugen@grosbein.net>, <portmaster@BSDforge.com> Subject: Re: using security/openssl in a port Message-ID: <d997e8bb946ab13f593d21bbe084e7ce@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <5ea5e276-08da-aec9-ba81-b50ea96bf8c4@luckie.org.nz>
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On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:16:30 +1300 "Matthew Luckie" <mjl@luckie=2Eorg=2Enz> said > On 1/5/18 5:09 PM, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > > On 05=2E01=2E2018 09:44, Matthew Luckie wrote: > >=20 > >> My main worry is that I could not find a single port that apparently > >> depends on security/openssl=2E I'm worried that its more complicated th= an > >> simply declaring a dependency on security/openssl on particular freebs= d > >> versions because other ports that use openssl might link against it > >> without registering a dependency=2E Is my worry misplaced? > >=20 > > Why don't you read the Porter's Handbook? It has answers to all your > > questions: > >=20 > > > > https://www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/doc/en_US=2EISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses= -ssl=2Ehtml >=20 > I already said that I considered USES =3D ssl and that it didn't seem to > address my concerns=2E Can you please point me at a port that depends on > OpenSSL from ports using USES =3D ssl (or whatever this page of the > porters handbook is trying to tell me to do)=2E >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Matthew May I humbly suggest that you have a look at ports that near guarantee an *SSL option? Consider most of the web servers, and scripting languages, such as; php, python, and Perl=2E In fact I would venture a guess that most of the ports in the www category will hint to SSL=2E As well as the lang category, where the language is prominently used on the (inter)net=2E HTH --Chris
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