[oe] [RFC] move openssl.cnf file into base openssl package

[Koen Kooi]

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On 16-12-10 15:04, Maupin, Chase wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: openembedded-devel-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
>> [mailto:openembedded-devel-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf Of
>> Roman I Khimov
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 2:39 PM
>> To: openembedded-devel at lists.openembedded.org
>> Subject: Re: [oe] [RFC] move openssl.cnf file into base openssl package
>>
>> В сообщении от Среда 15 декабря 2010 22:47:05 автор Maupin, Chase написал:
>>>> Missed that change. Seems wrong to me. And I still think that it
>> belongs
>>>> to
>>>> libcrypto, not openssl since you can easily not install openssl binary
>>>> and still use it with tuned openssl.cnf in your apps.
>>>
>>> So it seems like there are two packages that need this default
>> openssl.cnf
>>>  file, the libcrypto and openssl packages.  Would it perhaps be a better
>>>  idea to pull the configuration file into its own package and then set
>> the
>>>  RDEPENDS for the libcrypto and openssl packages to use the openssl
>>>  configuration package? That way you can still have multiple versions of
>>>  libcrypto (like Koen was trying to do) and have the default file shared
>>>  between both packages that need it.
>>
>> openssl is rdepending on libcrypto anyway (it's linked with it and I don't
>> think it'll change any time soon). But configs for different versions can
>> be
>> conflicting, so I'm not sure this kind of approach solves anything.
> 
> I noticed that.  I think the only thing that putting this into its own package would solve is addressing Koen's comment about having multiple versions of libcrypto installed.
> 
> Koen, can you comment on your change that moved the openssl.cnf file to the misc package?  Do you still need to be able to install multiple versions of libcrypto?

Yes, I still need to be able to do that, couldn't you just add an
rrecommend for -misc?

regards,

Koen
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