On Thu, Mar 30, 2006, Steve doh wrote: > Hi, > I have a static build of openssl 0.9.7.g > I want to add zlib compression but not dynamically loaded at runtime. > Is it possible to statically link zlib into the openssl build? > If yes, what configure options do you use? > I have tried: > perl configure VC-WIN32 no-engine threads no-shared zlib no-idea no-mdc2 > no-rc5 > > but using the build from this, a call to COMP_zlib returns null and I guess > looking at the code > in c_zlib.c that it is trying to dynamically load the zlib library and > failing. > (My application currently statically links the zlib library for compressing > files and I would rather use on-the-fly ssl compression for data transfer) >
You should use OpenSSL 0.9.8. The compression scheme used by older versions of OpenSSL is not standards compliant. On that you should be able to use the zlib library statically. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Funding needed! Details on homepage. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
