Re: Building OpenSSL 3.3.1 links with system libcrypto and libssl

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On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 04:20:56PM +0200, Mads Rasmussen wrote:
> On Monday, 30 September 2024 15.24.48 CEST Greg Troxel wrote:
> > NetBSD8 is sufficiently old that essentially nobody is paying attention
> > if pkgsrc works or not.  I have stopped using 8 entirely.  I would
> > suggest updating your system to NetBSD 10.
> 
> I am going to hammer on this, until its resolved. I think the issues with the 
> order of -L parameters and the presence of /usr/local/lib should be resolved, 
> its good its working on 9 and 10, but _why_ is it working? happy mistake? 
> coincidence? or did something change?

Just for the "/usr/local/" stuff. It _is_ supported by NetBSD and it
is provided for in the "<paths.h>" header.

For me, it is so that one wanting to install optional software, not
using pkgsrc, can put it somewhere, neither in the system populated
hierarchy (/usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/lib and so on) nor in the
the pkgsrc "database" i.e. what is under /usr/pkg (or whatever
dir is dedicated to pkgsrc packages installation and administration).

One may want to segregate what is provided by NetBSD (and may not need
to be back-up'ed); what is not provided by NetBSD but handled
specifically by you (/usr/local); and what is optional and handled
by pkgsrc.

FWIW,
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