Re: port-arm/53386: libcrypto on arm has getauxval as a weak symbol, unclear whether needed

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-arm/53386; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-arm/53386: libcrypto on arm has getauxval as a weak symbol,
 unclear whether needed
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:43:43 +0200

 This is totally intentional (and obvious from the source).
 Whether it is good design is another issue.
 
 You should discuss this with openssl upstream (but they'll point you
 to the obvious other bug involved first).
 
 The real fix for openssl on NetBSD is to use sysctl to probe for
 hardware features instead, but that is not trivial (or kinda tedious)
 since they do it in a constructor (instead of lazy when first needed).
 
 Martin