Re: Providing base OpenSSL *.pc files needed

From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:58:30 UTC
On 22. 3. 18., Tomoaki AOKI wrote:
> Can someone look into Bug 257659 [1]?
> 
> I've encountered Bug 262569 [2].
> 
> ports git d4c9792fda7f introduced LIB_DEPENDS with
> security/openssl, maybe because security/tpm2-tss
> 3.2.0 hesitates to build without *.pc of OpenSSL.
> 
> This causes ports depending on base OpenSSL to fail,
> even on fetch.
> 
> Putting partially modified *.pc files of security/openssl I've
> uploaded on Bug 257659 into /usr/libdata/pkgconfig, applying
> the patch I've uploaded on Bug 262569 and deinstalling
> security/openssl allowed me to build security/tpm2-tss, updating
> ports depending on base OpenSSL to succeed.
> 
>   */usr/ports/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk defaults to base unless
>    any ports one is already installed or manually specified via
>    DEFAULT_VERSIONS. And /usr/ports/Mk/Uses/ssl.mk disallows
>    coexistence of ports build against base OpenSSL and against
>    ports security/openssl*.

I personally don't think adding these files in the base is a good idea. 
  However, it's portmgr's decision because it may break existing ports. 
  Besides, portmgr owns ports/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk and 
ports/Mk/Uses/ssl.

 > [1] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257659
 > [2] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262569

Note I fixed PR262569 today.

https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=aca6f9b18e874c73ac68990a2439ccec0be66ef0

Jung-uk Kim