From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Dec 15 18:26:34 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D83EC81559 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:26:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from cosmo.uchicago.edu (cosmo.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.71]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E78790A for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:26:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: by cosmo.uchicago.edu (Postfix, from userid 48) id 6F91BCB8C8C; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:27:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from 128.135.52.6 (SquirrelMail authenticated user valeri) by cosmo.uchicago.edu with HTTP; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:27:28 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <42502.128.135.52.6.1481826448.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:27:28 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Openssl - base or port? From: "Valeri Galtsev" To: "Paul Schmehl" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" Reply-To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el5.centos.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:26:34 -0000 On Thu, December 15, 2016 11:47 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: > Is there an advantage to use openssl from base rather than ports? Or vice > versa? When was openssl added to the base? Why? I know this is not an answer, but some of the packages may be built with openssl from packages as opposed to base. Theoretically it shouldn't matter (cough... cough...), but some package using SSL (though it didn't bring openssl package as dependency) didn't work for me until I installed openssl package. Hopefully someone knowledgeable will weigh in on this. Valeri > > Paul Schmehl, Retired > As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions > are my own and not those of my employer. > ******************************************* > "It is as useless to argue with those who have > renounced the use of reason as to administer > medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson > "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very > intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++