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

[Roman I Khimov]

В сообщении от Четверг 16 декабря 2010 17:10:37 автор Koen Kooi написал:
> >>> 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?

To get all -misc stuff? I'd opt for putting openssl.cnf in its own package and 
setting it as RRECOMMENDS for libcrypto in that case.