[OE-core] [Consolidated Pull 13/17] curl: enable ssl support

Phil Blundell philb at gnu.org
Thu Jun 14 19:58:06 UTC 2012


On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 20:54 +0100, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 12:27 -0700, Saul Wold wrote:
> > +DEPENDS = "zlib gnutls openssl"
> 
> Do you really want both gnutls and openssl simultaneously?  That seems a
> bit excessive.  What exactly is openssl bringing here that gnutls
> doesn't do?

Also, if you really do want this, it ought to be a DISTRO_FEATURE and/or
PKG_CONFIG option.  Aside from the issue of binary bloat, OpenSSL brings
a pile of licensing grief that a lot of folks may not want.

p.






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