re: lib/47465: lack of openssl pkg-config files

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/47465; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: lib-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
    netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, yamt%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: re: lib/47465: lack of openssl pkg-config files
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:10:28 +1100

 >  On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 04:15:01AM +0000, yamt%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 >  >   dist/Makefile has rules to generate following files for pkg-config.
 >  >   but our reachover Makefile doesn't.
 >  >   
 >  >           openssl.pc libssl.pc libcrypto.pc
 >  > 
 >  >   openvswitch's autoconf script expects openssl.pc available
 >  >   and thus fails to find openssl in our base.
 >  
 >  Workaround: pkgsrc's framework builds one for you, so create a package.
 >  (I'm not saying the file shouldn't be added to the base system.)
 
 i think we definitely should add these.  there's even some support
 for building .pc files automatically in xsrc.
 
 
 .mrg.