[Python-Dev] Differences between Python's OpenSSL in SVN and OpenSSL's in GitHub

[Guzman-ballen, Andres]

Hello Python Developers!

Why is it that the OpenSSL v1.0.2d that is found on Python's SVN repo<http://svn.python.org/projects/external/openssl-1.0.2d/> is quite different from what OpenSSL has on their GitHub repository<https://github.com/openssl/openssl/tree/OpenSSL_1_0_2d> for OpenSSL v1.0.2d? I am asking because I am able to successfully download OpenSSL's GitHub version during the cpython build process but when I try to build cpython, I get failures because Visual Studio isn't able to find files like openssl/opensslconf.h and this is because Python's OpenSSL version in SVN is the only one that has a directory inside the include directory. The GitHub repo is missing this directory however, and these are not the only differences.

If I checkout the GitHub version and then replace it with what is in the SVN repo, you get these untracked files.

        MINFO
        Makefile
        Makefile.bak
        apps/CA.pl
        apps/md4.c
        crypto/buildinf.h
        crypto/buildinf.h.orig
        crypto/buildinf_amd64.h
        crypto/buildinf_x86.h
        crypto/opensslconf.h
        crypto/opensslconf.h.bak
        crypto/opensslconf_amd64.h
        crypto/opensslconf_x86.h
        inc64/
        include/openssl/
        ms/bcb.mak
        ms/libeay32.def
        ms/nt.mak
        ms/nt64.mak
        ms/ntdll.mak
        ms/ssleay32.def
        ms/uptable.asm
        ms/uptable.obj
        ms/version32.rc
        out64/
        test/bftest.c
        test/bntest.c
        test/casttest.c
        test/constant_time_test.c
        test/destest.c
        test/dhtest.c
        test/dsatest.c
        test/ecdhtest.c
        test/ecdsatest.c
        test/ectest.c
        test/enginetest.c
        test/evp_extra_test.c
        test/evp_test.c
        test/evptests.txt
        test/exptest.c
        test/heartbeat_test.c
        test/hmactest.c
        test/ideatest.c
        test/jpaketest.c
        test/md2test.c
        test/md4test.c
        test/md5test.c
        test/mdc2test.c
        test/randtest.c
        test/rc2test.c
        test/rc4test.c
        test/rc5test.c
        test/rmdtest.c
        test/rsa_test.c
        test/sha1test.c
        test/sha256t.c
        test/sha512t.c
        test/shatest.c
        test/srptest.c
        test/ssltest.c
        test/v3nametest.c
        test/verify_extra_test.c
        test/wp_test.c
        tmp/
        tmp32/
        tmp64/
        tools/c_rehash

Does anyone know why this is the case? What was the motivation behind these changes? Thanks!

Andres Guzman-Ballen
Scripting Analyzers & Tools Team
Intel Americas, Inc.
1906 Fox Dr, Champaign IL 61820
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