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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2] use.desc: Correct/clarify SSL/TLS-related flags
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:49:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180131144942.16078-1-mgorny@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180130221106.11245-1-mgorny@gentoo.org>

Correct the description of SSL/TLS-related flags to match their modern
use. USE=ssl is a feature flag that enables support for SSL/TLS,
while USE=gnutls and USE=libressl are implementation toggling flags.

Unify the descriptions a bit. Make sure to mention both SSL and TLS
to avoid confusion. Inform about the necessity of enabling USE=ssl
in both implementation flags, and replace 'might' with 'if present'.
---
 profiles/use.desc | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

[v2: improve ssl flag relevance based on suggestion from Ulrich,
 but I've tried to keep it shorter]

diff --git a/profiles/use.desc b/profiles/use.desc
index 43423a017a5f..5cdf9808d2b6 100644
--- a/profiles/use.desc
+++ b/profiles/use.desc
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ gmp - Add support for dev-libs/gmp (GNU MP library)
 gnome - Add GNOME support
 gnome-keyring - Enable support for storing passwords via gnome-keyring
 gnuplot - Enable support for gnuplot (data and function plotting)
-gnutls - Add support for net-libs/gnutls (TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 support)
+gnutls - Prefer net-libs/gnutls as SSL/TLS provider (ineffective with USE=-ssl)
 gphoto2 - Add digital camera support
 gpm - Add support for sys-libs/gpm (Console-based mouse driver)
 gps - Add support for Global Positioning System
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ libcaca - Add support for colored ASCII-art graphics
 libedit - Use the libedit library (replacement for readline)
 libffi - Enable support for Foreign Function Interface library
 libnotify - Enable desktop notification support
-libressl - Use dev-libs/libressl as SSL provider (might need ssl USE flag), packages should not depend on this USE flag
+libressl - Use dev-libs/libressl instead of dev-libs/openssl as SSL/TLS provider (ineffective with USE=-ssl), packages should not depend on this USE flag
 libsamplerate - Build with support for converting sample rates using libsamplerate
 libwww - Add libwww support (General purpose WEB API)
 lirc - Add support for lirc (Linux's Infra-Red Remote Control)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ sox - Add support for Sound eXchange (SoX)
 speex - Add support for the speex audio codec (used for speech)
 spell - Add dictionary support
 sqlite - Add support for sqlite - embedded sql database
-ssl - Add support for Secure Socket Layer connections
+ssl - Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
 startup-notification - Enable application startup event feedback mechanism
 static - !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically
 static-libs - Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
-- 
2.16.1



      parent reply	other threads:[~2018-01-31 14:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-30 22:11 [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Correct/clarify SSL/TLS-related flags Michał Górny
2018-01-30 22:24 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2018-01-30 23:22 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-01-30 23:39   ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2018-01-30 23:42   ` Gordon Pettey
2018-01-31  9:53     ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-01-31 13:16     ` nado
2018-01-31 14:49 ` Michał Górny [this message]

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