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| author |   Quentin Retornaz <gentoo@retornaz.com> | 2021-05-01 17:05:54 +0200 |
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| committer | Quentin Retornaz <gentoo@retornaz.com> | 2021-05-01 17:06:36 +0200 |
| commit | 871f6e036542eac8d2047059b6f40a598329b338 (patch) | |
| tree | e5ce7df64c4e582752214f75ec83329608fe53e5 /README.md | |
| parent | update README for libressl deprecation on ::gentoo (diff) | |
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update README.md for libressl USE flag deprecation
Signed-off-by: Quentin Retornaz <gentoo@retornaz.com>
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@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ LibreSSL requires [a lot of ebuilds](https://github.com/gentoo/libressl/wiki/Transition-plan#packages-not-converted-yet) to be fixed. This overlay serves as a testing ground and makes testing easier by providing an openssl dummy ebuild, so you can compile packages against -LibreSSL which don't have the 'libressl' USE flag. +LibreSSL. + +The `libressl` USE flag is no longer used on main portage tree. +The dummy `dev-libs/openssl` package on this overlay only depends +on `dev-libs/libressl` to fix dependency. +This overlay goal is to provide ebuilds that require patches for build +to succeed where dummy package dependency isn’t enough. ## How to install the overlay |