Re: Prefer pkgsrc OpenSSL after 2016Q1.

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On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 09:20:00AM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 07:43:17PM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> > 
> > coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost writes:
> > 
> > > Can we do this?
> > > A lot of people are using this already, it's very well tested.
> > > Asking early to avoid asking late.
> > 
> > Do what?  Change pkgsrc to blanket always prefer openssl?   I don't
> > think we should - there are systems where base system openssl is
> > perfectly ok (NetBSD current, NetBSD 7 and soon I expect NetBSD 6 - and
> > probably quite a few others).
> 
> Strongly seconded. There's no reasons to have two different version of
> the same software installed on the system if base is good enough.
> Two versions, using different paths, on the same system creates more
> problems than it solves.
> 
> -- 
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
>      NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
> --

The end game here is a scenario where OpenSSL and others do not have a
special status, and can be updated in standard ways.