Re: Problems building pkgin on NetBSD 7/8

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost>]

* On 2020-01-22 at 01:36 GMT, Greg Troxel wrote:

> Mike Pumford <mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost> writes:
> 
> > I'm not sure having SSL as a non-default option in libfetch makes any
> > sense any more in the days of SSL everywhere.
> 
> It might be somewhat about how you download the openssl sources.  I am
> really not clear on the overall plan here; it's a twisty maze and easy
> to break.

Right, you can't bootstrap if openssl is an enabled option.

We get around that by building the initial bootstrap with openssl
disabled, and then distribute the rebuilt pkg_install with it enabled
in binary kits.

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Jonathan Perkin  -  Joyent, Inc.  -  www.joyent.com