[csw-users] Openssl package split

Trygve Laugstøl trygvis at inamo.no
Thu Jul 26 11:52:07 CEST 2007


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.

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Trygve



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