[openssl-dev] Merging Gentoo patches on OpenSSL

[Matt Caswell]

On 01/04/15 18:32, Hanno Böck wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The Gentoo package for OpenSSL currently has a number of patches.
> The last OpenSSL 1.0.2a update took a bit longer due to that -
> patches had to be adjusted first.

How many patches are you talking about?

> 
> I think most (if not all) of these patches should just be
> incorporated into OpenSSL itself, as they're not Gentoo-specific.
> Minor fixes, built system improvements etc. Most of them have been
> submitted to the openssl rt in the past, but got no reaction so
> far.
> 
> What can we do to work on merging them? Would you prefer git pull 
> requests?
> 
> Some examples:
> 
> Let Makefiles respect LDFLAGS: 
> https://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=3332&user=guest&pass=guest

This
> 
one says its been applied and is marked as resolved. Are you
saying its not? Mind you it doesn't seem to be about LDFLAGS so
perhaps you meant a different one?

> 
> Fix parallel builds: 
> https://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2084&user=guest&pass=guest

That
> 
one also says its been applied and is marked as resolved?

> 
> Build fix of 64 bit on 32 bit systems: 
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542618
> 



Matt