Re: openssl in base should install c_rehash

From: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 14:21:38 -0600
On Feb 8, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Ulrich Spörlein wrote:

> 2018-02-08 21:00 GMT+01:00 Jung-uk Kim <jkim_at_freebsd.org>:
>
>> On 02/08/2018 08:52, Jan Bramkamp wrote:
>>> On 08.02.18 14:24, Ulrich Spörlein wrote:
>>>> Hey,
>>>>
>>>> c_rehash has somehow disappeared from the base system. We still
>>>> install the
>>>> manpage it seems, but the tool itself is missing. Can we have  
>>>> that back?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> root_at_acme:/etc/ssl# locate c_rehash
>>>> ...
>>>> /usr/share/openssl/man/man1/c_rehash.1.gz
>>>> /usr/src/crypto/openssl/doc/apps/c_rehash.pod
>>>> /usr/src/secure/usr.bin/openssl/man/c_rehash.1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The port seems to install it just fine:
>>>>
>>>> root_at_acme:/etc/ssl# grep -r c_rehash /usr/ports/
>>>> /usr/ports/security/openssl/pkg-plist:bin/c_rehash
>>>> /usr/ports/security/openssl/pkg-plist:man/man1/c_rehash.1.gz
>>>>
>>>> It looks like the merge of OpenSSL 1.0.1c got rid of it (if I'm
>>>> reading the
>>>> history with git pickaxe right).
>>>
>>> The LibreSSL port lacks a c_rehash script as well. Putting  
>>> c_rehash back
>>> into base wouldn't solve the problem because it requires Perl 5.
>>
>> Correct.  I just removed the manual page to not confuse users.
>>
>> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/329024
>>
>> Thanks for letting me know!
>>
>> Jung-uk Kim
>>
>>
> I would rather that c_rehash is brought back. I can install perl  
> just fine
> (or have it anyway installed), that's not the case with openssl from  
> ports,
> as that will mess up many things.
>
> Guess I'll download my own version ... :(
>
> Uli

Would this be something useful to add to src/tools?  Or create an  
explicit port for it?  Or just keep it handy yourself?

- Justin
Received on Thu Feb 08 2018 - 19:21:43 UTC

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