Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Add NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL

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Brian Gernhardt <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The Makefile comment for NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO says to define it "if
> you need -lcrypto with -lssl (Darwin)."  However, what it actually
> does is add -lssl when you use -lcrypto and not the other way around.

Correct.  That is worth fixing.

> However, libcrypto contains a majority of the ERR_* functions from
> OpenSSL (at least on OS X) so we need it both ways.

I see.  We need to be able to see ERR_err_string(), whose caller happens
to be only imap-send.c for now, and that function is in -lcrypto together
with other ERR_* functions.

>  Compilation using BLK_SHA1 on OS X 10.5 and 10.6 (at least) is still
>  broken without this patch.
>
>  Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> pointed out that just adding LIB_4_CRYPTO
>  to git-imap-send is simpler, but judging from the fact that nobody else
>  has complained about this issue, I'm guessing that the need for -lcrypto
>  when using -lssl is not widespread.  (Or BLK_SHA1 isn't getting used much
>  or those who do don't compile git-imap-send with SSL.)

BLK_SHA1 is fairly new on 'master', so lack of breakage report is
expected.

The patch makes sense to me, but as the result, depending on platforms
and configuration, we would use three variations when linking imap-send
with no NO_OPENSSL defined:

 * Both -lcrypto -lssl
 * Only -lssl
 * Only -lcrypto

I wonder if we can simplify this in some way (not a 1.6.5 topic).

I am suspecting that the reason we do not say "always both" is because
depending on the vintage of OpenSSL one or the other is missing?
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