It seems you are not linking OpenSSL properly. Are you sure you are doing it right?
Even if you link with a static libssh you need to still link with a static openssl if you want to have it compiled. Cheers On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 4:36 PM Mihai Moldovan <io...@ionic.de> wrote: > * On 4/12/19 9:28 PM, Paul Beerkens wrote:> [...] > > I am getting tons of error messages about undefined reference like these: > > > > /usr/local/lib/libssh.a(pki.c.o): In function `ssh_key_clean': > > /home/paul.beerkens/Downloads/libssh-0.8.7/src/pki.c:136: undefined > > reference to `DSA_free' > > /home/paul.beerkens/Downloads/libssh-0.8.7/src/pki.c:137: undefined > > reference to `RSA_free' > > /home/paul.beerkens/Downloads/libssh-0.8.7/src/pki.c:139: undefined > > reference to `EC_KEY_free' > > /usr/local/lib/libssh.a(pki.c.o): In function `ssh_signature_free': > > /home/paul.beerkens/Downloads/libssh-0.8.7/src/pki.c:505: undefined > > reference to `DSA_SIG_free' > > /home/paul.beerkens/Downloads/libssh-0.8.7/src/pki.c:521: undefined > > reference to `ECDSA_SIG_free' > > /usr/local/lib/libssh.a(wrapper.c.o): In function `crypto_free': > > > > > > > > What do I need to do to get static linking to work? > > Interesting. Note that a full build log is always a nice thing to provide > because at that point in time, we can tell you what went wrong, but not > exactly why. > > The underline issue is that your crypto-backend is not linked in - which > seems > to be OpenSSL in your case (yes, libssh supports multiple backends, it > needn't > be OpenSSL.) > > The reason *why* this is not automatically pulled in correctly is because > you > just linked libssh manually, leading to said problems. I think (but am not > 100 % > positive) that libssh provides a libssh_static.pc file which can be used > exactly > for this case and includes the dependent libraries. > > > > Mihai > > -- Alberto GarcĂa Illera GPG Public Key <https://goo.gl/yshdwh>