On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 11:38 AM Harry Sarson via curl-library < curl-library@lists.haxx.se> wrote:
> Hi, > > I am building curl from source and would like curl to _only_ include > dependancies I explicitly > provide. This is to prevent a) curl from dynamically linking against some > library that be present at > build time but not at run time and b) to help me keep on top of the > shipped code (if I include some > library I may have to add its license info etc). > > My current best approach is to go through the `./configure` script and > manually add `--without-xxx` > or `--disable-xxx` for every optional dependancy I find. This works, it > stops curl from > auto-detecting anything. However, this is a painstaking process and also > brittle as a future curl > release may add a new optional library and auto-detect it. > > I have been searching for a `--without-everything` option that would then > let me (explicitly) turn > back on any dependancies I do want. Does such an option exist? Or is there > anyother way to prevent > curl autodetecting depenancies on my build system. > > That's why you use a build environment separated from the build host, by at least a chroot, nowadays a container is the bare minimum. All available linux distributions have tools for you to do this.. mock, debian build tools, osc-build, The yocto project, buildroot. The route you are taking is actually a road to hell. No distribution does what you want because it does not work.
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