On Jan 9, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Jan 8, 2007, at 18:53, Jann Röder wrote:
I was wondering whether there is a policy for which library to use if a version of that library comes with MacOS X and there's also a port available. Specifically I'm talking about the openssl port/ library. If both approaches work, which library should a port link against ?
Use the MacPorts version unless there's a really good reason not to.
http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/ FAQ#WhyisMacPortsusingitsownlibraries
OpenSSL is a bit of an exception, I think. http://www.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSL etc etc etc. The system openssl should probably be used for GPLed programs without an exception. Anyway, now that I've brought that up, I'd better disappear :-) Peter