Don, Thank you for the clarity. That is exactly what I needed to know.
- Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Lewis [mailto:truck...@apache.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 14:59 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: dennis.hamil...@acm.org > Subject: Re: [QUESTION] Dependency on OpenSSL > > On 8 Jun, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > I recall discussions of OpenSSL and updating our dependency on it to a > better/patched version. > > > > What I don't know is whether the binaries that are built and > distributed directly by the project incorporate OpenSSL in any manner? > > > > Can anyone clear that up? > > > > 1. Do our built binaries depend on and distribute OpenSSL in some > manner? > > Yes. > > > 2. Is this for all platforms or only some of them? > > It appears that all do. That makes sense since Windows doesn't have it, > and on Linux you don't know what version will be present on the host > where the binaries are installed (and the OpenSSL ABI changes between > major release versions). > > The FreeBSD port uses the system OpenSSL. It passes > --with-system-openssl to configure. This works for FreeBSD because > different binary packages are generated for each FreeBSD major version, > and within a FreeBSD major version the OpenSSL ABI does not change. > > The lastest OpenSSL should just drop in. I haven't seen any problems > building on FreeBSD with the latest and greatest. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
