how to upgrade ports that depend on openssl-stable?

[David J Brooks]

On Friday 19 September 2008 01:27:32 am Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:08:15AM -0500, David J Brooks wrote:
> > I keep running into this error:
> >
> > ===>  openssl-stable-0.9.7m_1 Conflicts with version in the base.
> > *** Error code 1
>
> OpenSSL is included in FreeBSD in the base system.  The port you're
> trying to install requires a newer version of OpenSSL than what's in the
> base system.
>
> You need to define WITH_OPENSSL_BASE=yes in your /etc/make.conf.  This
> should make the port build/install successfully, and will overwrite
> the OpenSSL installation in the base system.
>
> You will also need to set WITHOUT_OPENSSL=true in /etc/src.conf
> (assuming this is FreeBSD 7.x), to ensure the next time you
> build/install world, that you do not bother building the "base version"
> of OpenSSL, and instead continue to rely on the port version.


That did the trick. Thanks!
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