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Date:      Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:06:02 -0800
From:      Beech Rintoul <beech@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "James Wade (Phurix)" <james.wade@phurix.co.uk>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org, Beech Rintoul <beech@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ports/169054: Can&#39;t install irc/eggdrop
Message-ID:  <4FDA523A.9030801@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201206141830.q5EIUANs057392@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <201206141830.q5EIUANs057392@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 6/14/2012 10:30 AM, James Wade (Phurix) wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR ports/169054; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: "James Wade (Phurix)" <james.wade@phurix.co.uk>
> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
> Cc:  
> Subject: Re: ports/169054: Can&#39;t install irc/eggdrop
> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:05:34 +0100
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>  The bigger issue here is the SSL patch, it's unofficial.
>  
>  The advise from the vendor is that using SSL patches are a bad idea.
>  
>  http://www.eggheads.org/news/2011/05/25/39
>  
>  Instead the port should switch to eggdrop1.8-snapshot (development but, 
>  supports SSL) or eggdrop1.6.20 (latest but, no SSL support).
>  
>  I tried to contact beech@freebsd.org <mailto:beech@freebsd.org>, but 
>  received no reply, has this port become unmaintained?
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>      The bigger issue here is the SSL patch, it's unofficial.
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>      <div>The advise from the vendor is that using SSL patches are a bad
>        idea.</div>
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>      <div><a href="http://www.eggheads.org/news/2011/05/25/39">http://www.eggheads.org/news/2011/05/25/39</a>;
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>      <div>Instead the port should switch to eggdrop1.8-snapshot
>        (development but, supports SSL) or&nbsp;eggdrop1.6.20 (latest but,&nbsp;no
>        SSL support).</div>
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>      <div>I tried to contact <a href="mailto:beech@freebsd.org">beech@freebsd.org</a>,
>        but received no reply, has this port become unmaintained?</div>
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I have ported 1.8 to irc/eggdrop-devel. I will update the other to
1.6.21 and drop the rooty patch. Upstream has discontinued all support
for the patch as it's very buggy. If you need ssl support try the -devel
version.

Comments are welcome.

Beech

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