svn commit: r44815 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security
Rene Ladan
rene at FreeBSD.org
Mon May 12 14:41:46 UTC 2014
Author: rene
Date: Mon May 12 14:41:45 2014
New Revision: 44815
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44815
Log:
Mention that OpenSSL is provided both by the base system and as a port,
describe the knobs to set to select either version.
This was formerly part of a section in the Porters Handbook about knobs,
which was removed in r44808
Reviewed by: mat
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml Mon May 12 14:18:11 2014 (r44814)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml Mon May 12 14:41:45 2014 (r44815)
@@ -1825,12 +1825,27 @@ kadmind5_server_enable="YES"</programlis
<package>www/apache24</package> and
<package>databases/postgresql91-server</package>, include a
compile option for building with
- <application>OpenSSL</application>. If selected, the port will
- add support using the <package>security/openssl</package> port.
- To instead have the port compile against the built in version of
- <application>OpenSSL</application>, include
- <varname>WITH_OPENSSL_BASE</varname> when compiling in
- <application>OpenSSL</application> support.</para>
+ <application>OpenSSL</application>.</para>
+
+ <para>&os; provides two versions of
+ <application>OpenSSL</application>: one in the base system and
+ one in the Ports Collection. Users can choose which version to
+ use by default for other ports using the following knobs:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>WITH_OPENSSL_PORT: when set, the port will use
+ <application>OpenSSL</application> from the
+ <package>security/openssl</package> port, even if the
+ version in the base system is up to date or newer.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>WITH_OPENSSL_BASE: when set, the port will compile
+ against <application>OpenSSL</application> provided by the
+ base system.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
<para>Another common use of <application>OpenSSL</application> is
to provide certificates for use with software applications.
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