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

[Saul Wold]

On 06/14/2012 12:58 PM, Phil Blundell wrote:
> 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"
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>> 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?
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> 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.
>
Ah, I tried to figure out why openssl was not in the first place, now I 
understand better.  How's this as a comprise, go back to pure gnutls for 
the target, but have the native only use openssl to allow secure git 
fetches, which is what triggered this in the first place.

Sau!

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