Re: Compiling Coreutils with LibreSSL (instead of OpenSSL)

[Matias Fonzo]

Hi Assaf,

On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:12:52 -0700
Assaf Gordon <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Just a quick note (to myself and others who try this):
> 
> Using "./configure --with-openssl=yes" uses the system's default
> libcrypto library.
> 
> If one wants to use a non-default library (e.g. LibreSSL installed
> in a non-default location), these are possible steps:
> 

Interesting.  Which are the benefits to compile the coreutils against
a SSL library?.  Also, I would like to apply the same question but for
GMP.