[csw-users] Openssl package split

Yann Rouillard yann.rouillard at jouy.inra.fr
Thu Jul 26 19:35:12 CEST 2007


Trygve Laugstøl a écrit :
> Yann Rouillard wrote:
>> A new openssl package will soon be available from the mirror sites.
>> No new openssl version, but some modifications in the packaging layout,
>> the openssl has been split into the following three packages:
>>
>> 	openssl_rt    - provides runtime libraries
>> 	openssl_devel - provides headers and static libraries
>> 	openssl_utils - provides openssl binaries and scripts (openssl, 		
>>             c_rehash, CA.pl, ...)
> 
> I find calling packages "foo_rt" confusing. As a _user_ of blastwave I 
> would like to get "OpenSSL" and thus I should pkg-get install the 
> "openssl" package. I've seen this pattern a few places and is still 
> confused.

You can still "pkg-get install openssl", it will install the 3 packages.

I will not change that package layout now but what would you propose 
instead ?

Yann



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