www/firefox really depends on security/openssl?

[Ernie Luzar]

Carmel NY wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2015 07:41:55 -0400, Ernie Luzar stated:
>
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>> I am having the same problem. Many things missing from the base openssl 
>> that are in the port openssl.
>> Installing the port version only complicates things by not knowing which 
>> directory structure is really in play.
>> My suggestion is just have the base OS source contain everything the 
>> openssl port installs.
>>     
>
> Basically, that is what I stated. Simply have the "base" version mirror the
> "port's" version. Another, perhaps even simpler method would be to have the
> "port's" version [overwrite|replace] the base system if a user decides to
> install the port's version. A new user could be given the option of
> installing the older "base" system or the newer "port's" version when first
> installing FreeBSD.
>
> This problem is NOT unsolvable; however, for whatever reason, it doesn't seem
> to be getting any traction either. It sort of reminds me of a problem with the
> "slapd" rc file that has never been ratified.
>
>   
Maybe it takes a PR to shine light on this problem as the subject of 
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