On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 1:50 PM Francesco Turco <m...@fturco.net> wrote: > > > However, is there a good reason for opting for libressl instead of the > > ubiquitous openssl? > > I haven't tried libressl yet, but the main reason I'm interested in trying it > is due to the fact it doesn't have a "bindist" USE flag. In fact some > packages require openssl to be built with the "-bindist" USE flag, but I > don't like that. By switching to libressl I hope to work around that problem.
That is a terrible reason for switching. libressl likely has the same issue with patents, it just doesn't bother to give you the choice of opting out.
