how to upgrade ports that depend on openssl-stable?

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:08:15AM -0500, David J Brooks wrote:
> I keep running into this error:
> 
> ===>  openssl-stable-0.9.7m_1 Conflicts with version in the base.
> *** Error code 1

OpenSSL is included in FreeBSD in the base system.  The port you're
trying to install requires a newer version of OpenSSL than what's in the
base system.

You need to define WITH_OPENSSL_BASE=yes in your /etc/make.conf.  This
should make the port build/install successfully, and will overwrite
the OpenSSL installation in the base system.

You will also need to set WITHOUT_OPENSSL=true in /etc/src.conf
(assuming this is FreeBSD 7.x), to ensure the next time you
build/install world, that you do not bother building the "base version"
of OpenSSL, and instead continue to rely on the port version.

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