openssl vs. libressl

[Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia]

> On Nov 9, 2015, at 13:10, René J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Monday November 09 2015 15:05:26 Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> In r139229 Jeremy made libressl a drop-in replacement for openssl. If a rebuild is needed to make things work, then this
> 
> Yes, but at least on Linux libressl installs libraries with different numbers (libssl.so.35 vs libssl.so.1.0.0). I haven't yet checked on OS X, but if this is the case there too then Jeremy's modification (using path: style dependencies) is not enough.

Yes, the dylib identifiers (and filenames) are different.

This is the same solution we've used elsewhere in MacPorts (eg: ffmpeg-devel).

>> What happens if you install a port like curl for example that depends on openssl, and then force-deactivate openssl and install libressl instead? Does curl still work for accessing secure sites or do you get an error?
> 
> I haven't tried that yet, I'll see if I have time for it tomorrow. Don't hesitate to beat me to it, though :)

You'd need to revupgrade rebuild after switching.

--Jeremy