Re: OpenSSL in the FreeBSD base system / FreeBSD 14

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 8:33 AM Charlie Li <vishwin@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Ed Maste wrote:
> > The problem is that we have conflicting constraints: OpenSSL 1.1.1 is
> > EOL shortly after 14.0 releases, and there are ports that do not yet
> > build against OpenSSL 3. I am not sure how much will be broken if we
> > update the base system to OpenSSL 3 but leave the privatelib aside
> > (i.e., have the base system provide OpenSSL 3 to ports).
> >
> OpenSSL 3 is a major, even larger than 1.1, API/ABI change. Quite a bit
> of stuff will be broken today. The effort here has to include working
> with as many port upstreams as possible to force the issue, as they may
> not hold OpenSSL 3 compatibility to be an immediate priority; patching
> ports on a large scale like this is not sustainable.
>

So why can't ports like this use 1.1 as a port rather than from base?

Warner

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> Charlie Li
> …nope, still don't have an exit line.
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