70986 – does openssl really need perl?

Bug 70986 - does openssl really need perl?

Summary: does openssl really need perl?

Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2004-11-12 11:09 UTC by Ilya Volynets (RETIRED)
Modified:	2004-12-11 16:18 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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make dep on perl optional (openssl.diff,994 bytes, patch) 2004-11-12 11:09 UTC, Ilya Volynets (RETIRED)	Details \| Diff
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Description Ilya Volynets (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-11-12 11:09:01 UTC

I wasn't able to find out why c_rehash is needed (not that I looked a lot), but something makes me feel openssl can survive without it, so make dependancy on perl optional.

Comment 1 Ilya Volynets (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-11-12 11:09:22 UTC

Created attachment 43802 [details, diff]
make dep on perl optional

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-12-11 16:18:15 UTC

the stupid build system uses perl