openssl vs. libressl

[René J.V. Bertin]

On Tuesday November 10 2015 09:21:19 Daniel J. Luke wrote:

>Other ports would all depend on ‘mp-ssl-lib’ and not directly only openssl or libressl.
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>It’s not a perfect solution, but may be nicer than adding +openssl/+libressl to every possible port.

Hmmm, I should have thought of that. Wait, I actually did but with one step further (providing a compatibility library that would be the one applications actually link against ... and that 's also why I kept the thought to myself :))

Anyway, I guess I have the answer to the ABI compatibility question:

https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable (if that's the same thing as libressl tout court)
https://blog.flameeyes.eu/2014/07/libressl-drop-in-and-abi-leakage#gsc.tab=0

R.