From b55310ed2590e83d930b65fd7b492cf1b56398b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 02:08:49 +0000
Subject: Remove reference to openssl in BLFS in Chapter 9. Update minimum host
 system requirements. Added the rationale for including openssl. Update to
 util-linux-2.32. Update to meson-0.45.0. Update to e2fsprogs-1.44.0. Update
 to linux-4.15.11. Update to automake-1.16.1. Update to systemd-238.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11387 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
---
 prologue/why.xml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

(limited to 'prologue/why.xml')

diff --git a/prologue/why.xml b/prologue/why.xml
index b85281842..c202f3206 100644
--- a/prologue/why.xml
+++ b/prologue/why.xml
@@ -435,6 +435,14 @@
         packages in LFS.</para>
       </listitem>
 
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Openssl</para>
+
+        <para>This package provides management tools and libraries relating to
+        cryptography. These are useful for providing cryptographic functions to
+        other packages, including the Linux kernel.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
       <listitem>
         <para>Patch</para>
 
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