Re: openssl 3

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 06:30:36PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
 > > On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 07:54:18PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
 > >  > So, if it happens that way, then it really does not matter from the
 > >  > NetBSD side if pkgsrc moves to 3 this branch, or adds 3 as an option
 > >  > alongside 1.1.1, or doesn't do either.   But, as you switch things, it
 > >  > will be good for pkgsrc to be able to use the native 3 and have other
 > >  > packages build against it.
 > >
 > > Yes and no; what are the odds that if both are installed (because
 > > something in pkgsrc wants 3 and base doesn't have it yet) that
 > > everything will actually work? bl3 will help with this, but only so
 > > much...
 > 
 > I see your point, but this is exactly what was happening earlier on I
 > think 8 (maybe 7) that had openssl 1.0.x when pkgsrc had 1.1.  It mostly
 > worked.

True. That didn't become mandatory for some time, but I guess the same
will probably be true this go.

(I thought of another issue, but it belongs in the pkgsrc thread)

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David A. Holland
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