[MacPorts] #19122: OpenSSL 1.0.0-beta1 breaks packages that expect libcrypto.0.9.8

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 29, 2010, at 20:41, watson wrote:

> i'm struggling with getting OpenSSL to play nice with other ports.
> below is a response by ryan to my comments on this ticket:
> 
> http://trac.macports.org/ticket/19122#comment:18
> 
> in summary, here's what happened: In trying to install Matplotlib
> (python plotting util)... i ran into trouble with wxWidgets-python
> failing. Someone posted a workaround involving installing Mesa which I
> followed here:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/macports-users@lists.macosforge.org/msg19905.html
> 
> Apparently, in the process of doing this I screwed up (by upgrading?)
> OpenSSL, which breaks a lot of things I use including Git it seems.
> 
> I am unclear how to proceed from this point. should I force a
> downgrade of OpenSSL? Or is it possible that there are other versions
> of the components (such as cURL, git, python) that can all use OpenSSL
> v1.0.0a? I am incredulous since it is only in the last month that
> installed MacPorts on my machine.

You should tell us what specific problems you're having that you believe are caused by openssl 1.0.0a. We have already fixed many such problems, so if there are more, let's hear about them so we can fix them too.

For example, in what way do you believe openssl 1.0.0a is breaking git, curl, and python?