From 43174ed07c8f0fabd7deb9091398445720d1da18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: YellowJacketLinux Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 10:40:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] OpenSSL notes --- README.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2f305c1..8aa3b93 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -184,7 +184,17 @@ for both GPLv2 and GPLv3. ### OpenSSL [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/) will be provided for software that -needs the OpenSSL API for which LibreSSL is not sufficient. +needs the OpenSSL API for which LibreSSL is not sufficient. An example +is Python3 (specifically the OpenSSL package, see +[PEP 644](https://peps.python.org/pep-0644/). + +On most YJL systems, only the shared libraries from OpenSSL will be +installed but it is possible to install the utility as well in parallel +with the LibreSSL utility. + +The `openssl-devel` and `libressl-devel` packages conflict with each +other, only one of them can be installed at a time. As they are not +runtime packages, that should not be an issue. OpenSSL is now licensed under the Apache 2.0 license rather than the OpenSSL/SSLeay license it formerly used.