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Re: [cavok: Re: Bug#77220: php4-curl can't be installed with curl-ssl]

From: Domenico Andreoli <cavok_at_filibusta.crema.unimi.it>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:47:43 +0100

On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 04:20:43PM +0100, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
>
> > "ldd curl-ssl-anabled" says always it needs libcrypto & libssl (whether or not
> > libcurl is ssl-enabled).
>
> SSL enabled => requires libcrypto & libssl. The only "SSL enabled" part of
> curl is the libcurl.
>
i said *always*, the curl with ssl enabled wants *always* libssl and libcrypto
even if it uses a ssl disabled libcurl.

> > "ldd curl-ssl-disabled" says it needs libcrypto & co only if used with a
> > libcurl ssl-enabled.
>
> Yes, because you don't enable or disable SSL in the curl tool, only in the
> libcurl library.
>
i understod that, i wrote it too to be complete.

> > is that correct?
>
> You can try this yourself. (Using shared libraries) Build one curl with SSL
> disabled and one curl with SSL enabled. Then copy the "disabled" curl tool to
> the src-directory where you build the "enabled" curl. They should both be the
> exact same size and they should both work exactly the same.
>
i made this test, the two curl have not the same size, the differ for 96 bytes.
anyway they behave the correctly.

what else can brake the balance?

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Received on 2000-11-27