Bug 70986

Summary:	does openssl really need perl?
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ilya Volynets (RETIRED) <iluxa>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) <aliz>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	make dep on perl optional

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