[Interest] Qt5 and libressl

[Thiago Macieira]

On Thursday 12 November 2015 16:29:03 René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Rebuilding Qt 5.5.0 with libressl 2.2.4 installed instead of openssl I got
> this error:
> 
> qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.5.0/qtbase/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext_openss
> l.cpp:347:33: error: ‘SSL_CTRL_SET_CURVES’ was not declared in this scope
> SSL_CTRL_SET_CURVES,
>                                  ^
> make[3]: *** [.obj/qsslcontext_openssl.o] Error 1
> 
> 
> From the looks of it, libressl emulates a recent enough openssl version to
> activate the code that refers to SSL_CTRL_SET_CURVES, but doesn't actually
> provide the token.
> 
> Is there an official position regarding building Qt 5 against libressl?

Our current position is "our code is written for OpenSSL". If you want to use 
something that emulates OpenSSL, the burden is on you to make sure it's a good 
emulation.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center