Committer needed for PR 208029

Mathieu Arnold mat at FreeBSD.org
Wed Apr 6 16:39:47 UTC 2016


+--On 6 avril 2016 12:00:47 -0400 Jim Ohlstein <jim at ohlste.in> wrote:
| Hello,
| 
|> On Apr 6, 2016, at 11:37 AM, Mathieu Arnold <mat at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
|> 
|> +--On 6 avril 2016 10:06:41 -0400 Jim Ohlstein <jim at ohlste.in> wrote:
|> | Hello,
|> | 
|> | On 4/6/16 12:44 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
|> |> Hi!
|> |> 
|> |>> Actually, I just noticed (when compiling the port), that the Makefile
|> |>> now says:
|> |>> 
|> |>> WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes
|> |> 
|> |> Yes, sorry, my fault. Fixed, and as suggested by mat: It is
|> |> now as IGNORE with a message explaining how to do it for 9.x.
|> |> 
|> | 
|> | This is much ado about nothing. The "WITH_OPENSSL_PORT" option is there
|> | for just this purpose and is used in many ports.
|> 
|> No, the WITH_OPENSSL_PORT knob is a global one, and must not be used in
|> ports makefiles.  The fact is, there are ports using it, true, it does
|> not mean it is the right thing to do.
|> 
| 
| Then there are many ports being committed incorrectly, as well as, no
| doubt, many *official* packages. 
| 
| I really have no dog in this fight. I use it globally and build all of my
| own packages with poudriere, but either it shouldn't be there at all, or
| it should be ok to use. Having it available as an option to porters and
| then saying it shouldn't be used seems a bit silly. 

Well, it is not available for the porters as it is a global directive, they
use it anyway.

Anyway, like I said, working on it.

-- 
Mathieu Arnold
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