This was originally added for bug 541450 although the rationale isn't explicitly stated there. Given OpenSSL 3 is now Apache-2.0 and OpenSSL 1.1.x is EOL in <1 month and about to be masked, I think we can clean up the logic here?
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=3034ce013a88874f5a8d31c87b86658745c28b65 commit 3034ce013a88874f5a8d31c87b86658745c28b65 Author: David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-01-22 13:37:29 +0000 Commit: David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-01-22 13:37:29 +0000 net-vpn/vpnc: switch to openssl by default Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/911794 Signed-off-by: David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org> net-vpn/vpnc/vpnc-0.5.3_p20220927-r1.ebuild | 14 ++------------ net-vpn/vpnc/vpnc-9999.ebuild | 14 ++------------ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)