Re: libssh without OpenSSL

[Alan Dunn <amdunn@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Zvi Vered <veredz72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Do you know if someone tried to port libssh (+OpenSSL) to vxWorks 6.x ?

No, I don't know that, though I've only been using and contributing to
libssh for a few months, so someone else here might know more.  Either
someone will chime in if they know more, or the mailing list archive
may be a good place to look for whether this has come up before.

Thanks,
- Alan

> -----Original Message----- From: Alan Dunn Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014
> 4:40 PM To: libssh@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: libssh without OpenSSL
> Hi Zvika,
>
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Zvi Vered <veredz72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> 1. Is it possible to build libssh that will not need OpenSSL (downloaded
>> from www.openssl.org) ?
>
>
> Yes, you can use libgcrypt instead of libcrypto (which is the OpenSSL
> support that libssh requires).  You can do this with cmake option
> -DWITH_GCRYPT:BOOL=ON .  You will need libgcrypt or libcrypto though.
> With libgcrypt some libssh features are not supported (e.g. ECDSA host
> keys), but I believe most are.
>
>> 2. Is it possible to configure cmake to build libssh.a (and not dynamic
>> libraries) ?
>
>
> It is possible to build a static libssh (libssh.a), but I think it is
> not possible to solely build a static libssh with the current cmake
> files (barring some general-purpose cmake commands for this situation
> that I don't know).  However, I think it would not take too much
> modification to the cmake files to accomplish what you want; just look
> for everything with ${LIBSSH_SHARED_LIBRARY}.
>
> Thanks,
> - Alan
>
>