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Re: pkgsrc-2013Q4 freeze: security/openssl build failure (patch review)



On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 12:49:20PM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 12:19:44PM +0100, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> > > On NetBSD in general, isn't the builtin version used? So why do we
> > > need these fixes, and why now?
> > 
> > Depends of what the system administrator selected in mk.conf (e.g. to 
> > have automatic notification of fixed openssl releases through pkg_admin 
> > audit).
> > 
> > And we need them now, to not have yet another broken pkgsrc quarterly
> > release.
> 
> Well, that could have been achieved by committing in any of the ten
> previous weeks before the freeze.

Didn't come around to build updated packages for this machine earlier.
Maybe I should switch back to system openssl so that I can cross-compile
it.

> Since I expect a change for x11-links soon, triggering quite a few
> rebuilds, this one can go in as well.

Thanks. committed, and doing a final post-commit make test.

        -is


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