[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] ntp: add patch to support for libressl

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Thomas, All,

On 2017-11-23 22:51 +0100, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Wed,  8 Nov 2017 07:11:43 -0500, Adam Duskett wrote:
> > NTP currently fails to compile against LibreSSL because of checks used
> > to determine the SSL library version.
> > 
> > Upstream-Status: Pending
> > http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3401#c3
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adam Duskett <aduskett@gmail.com>
> 
> Arnout, Peter, Yann, I think we discussed this topic during the
> Buildroot meeting, and concluded we didn't want patches in Buildroot to
> enable LibreSSL compatibility with a package. Do we stand on this
> position, and reject Adam's contribution on ntp?

My position is to avoid feature patches. Adding libresl support in a
package is adding a new feature IMHO.

As such, we should not accept it, unless it has *already* been accepted
*and* merged upstream.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> > + #ifndef OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
> > ++#ifndef LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER
> 
> In addition, this continue to use the LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER approach,
> which will fail when libressl gains support for new APIs.
> 
> Thanks in advance for giving your feedback on this patch. If nobody
> complains, I'll merge :-)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Thomas
> -- 
> Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> http://free-electrons.com

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