ports/119546

b.f. bf1783 at googlemail.com
Fri May 10 12:32:28 UTC 2013


Andrea wrote:

...

> I had a look at /usr/ports/net/openldap23-server/Makefile and only found:
> > USE_OPENSSL=            yes
>
> AFAICT this does not give any preference wrt to base vs port openssl; if
> I'm correct this means the port is choosen if installed, but, otherwise,
> openssl from base is used.
>
> Wouldn't it be better to use base only? Put a knot to give the user a
> choice?
>
> Would I screw too many things if I tried adding:
> > WITH_OPENSSL_BASE=yes

Yes, because then the additions to the check-depends target in
ports/Mk/bsd.openssl.mk would cause unsandboxed builds of the port on
a live system to fail when security/openssl is installed.  Adding
WITH_OPENSSL_BASE to port Makefiles should be avoided for this reason.

b.


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