[OE-core] [PATCH] openssl: Use the c_rehash shell re-implementation for target

[Otavio Salvador]

Hello Alexander,

On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 9:57 AM Alexander Kanavin
<alex.kanavin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 13:29, Otavio Salvador
> <otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
>
> > > I'd rather not deviate from the upstream, and use what the upstream
> > > provides. Especially considering that perl version does have command
> > > line options that the shell version does not, and the difference might
> > > increase in the future:
> > > c_rehash [-old] [-h] [-help] [-v] [dirs...]
> > >
> > > If you really really can't afford perl runtime on the target, and want
> > > the shell version, how about making it a PACKAGECONFIG?
> >
> > Well, the c_rehash has a specific use case and this version is
> > /already/ in use on 1.0 (for both target and native) and on 1.1 for
> > native. If c_rehash is not good enough for use, we should remove it
> > from native as well.
>
> 1.0 version is no longer used in either native or target, 1.1 version
> is used in both cases, as they have the same file name and would then
> clash.
> The native use case is specific and controlled - running
> update-ca-certificates. There is no guarantee that on target the
> utility will not be used from somewhere else, making assumptions that
> are true for perl version, but not true for our shell rewrite.

Really? What forbids me to use the c_rehash native side as part of my
build scripts and tooling? So or it is good enough or it is.

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