On 2015-11-10 15:21, Daniel J. Luke wrote: > We could have a port “mp-ssl-lib” that defaults to depending on one > of the ssl libs (say openssl). It could also be installed as > mp-ssl-lib +libressl which would modify it’s dependencies and install > libressl and not openssl. > > Other ports would all depend on ‘mp-ssl-lib’ and not directly only > openssl or libressl. > > It’s not a perfect solution, but may be nicer than adding > +openssl/+libressl to every possible port.
This would basically cause the same problems as with the current path: dependency. It is still required to rev-upgrade all ports after switching the variant. All binary archives built with the default option would not work on a system with a different variant choice on mp-ssl-lib. Explicit variants in all ports are the only way to prevent that, as the port contents will actually be different depending on whether you link against openssl or libressl. Rainer _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
