[stunnel-users] Static Version Built?

[Hal Vaughan]

On Wednesday 15 March 2006 11:51, Kevin A. McGrail wrote:
> You have to have the SSL libs so the --with-ssl probaly just "helps"
> the configure program use the right SSL.  For example, I typically
> keep the redhat openssl rpm and use a version in /usr/local/ssl so I
> would have to do --with-ssl=/usr/local/ssl/ to use the libraries
> installed there instead of the "default" ones.

So it still uses libraries (or not a compiled library, but source or 
headers or whatever) anyway?  If that is so, then from what I 
understand, specifying would force it to be non-static and not 
specifying it and using "--enable-static" and  "--disable-shared" 
should produce a static binary.  Do I understand correctly?

Thanks!

Hal

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hal Vaughan" <hal at thresholddigital.com>
> To: <stunnel-users at mirt.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [stunnel-users] Static Version Built?
>
> > On Wednesday 15 March 2006 02:48, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > > Okay, I think I have a static version of Stunnel now.  Thanks to
> > > help and answers from Jan and Keven!
> > >
> > >
> > > I did this:
> > >
> > > ./configure --with-ssl=/usr --enable-static --disable-shared
> > > --disable-libwrap
> > >
> > > I'm not sure about the "--with-ssl" option, but it didn't seem to
> > > want to work without it.
> > >
> > > So I have a few questions:
> > >
> > > 1) How can I be sure it is static?
> > > 2) If it isn't static and I run it on a system that does not have
> > > all it needs, will it give me errors immediately, or only if a
> > > subroutine needs a library that isn't there.
> > > 3) Does the "--disable-libwrap" or anything else remove any
> > > features?
> >
> > I got a few answers on this.  From what I understand, yes, this
> > removes features, but those are features that aren't needed on the
> > client end, which is no problem for me, since the static version
> > will only be used as a client.
> >
> > > 4) Does using the "--with-ssl" option make it use the libs on my
> > > system and make it non-static?
> >
> > It turns out it was a typo (that's what I get for trying it at 2:30
> > am!), and it compiles without the "--with-ssl" option.  I'll be
> > testing this later today and looking up this on Google, but what
> > features am I losing on the client by not using this option?  And
> > does using it make the compiled version dependant on those
> > libraries?  I take it that the compiler is not just taking those
> > libraries and incorporating them into the binary if I use
> > "--enable-static" and "--disable-shared".  Is that right?
> >
> > Thanks again for those that have helped, like Kevin, Jan, and John.
> >  It looks like I'm finally getting close to what I need!  Getting
> > this working will save me hours on many occasions.
> >
> > Hal
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