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

[Maupin, Chase]

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> [mailto:openembedded-devel-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf Of
> Roman I Khimov
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 8:32 AM
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> Subject: Re: [oe] [RFC] move openssl.cnf file into base openssl package
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> 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.

Agreed.  Although would you say RRECOMMENDS or RDEPENDS?  On the one hand you could specify a conf file at another location, but in the case of running "openssl req" with no conf file installed the command fails, so would you say you REDEPEND instead on the conf file?

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