Larry, I noticed that the ssl plugin is mandatory if you enable tests. While I do understand that tests exist for using the SSL plugin, should that be a recommended but not mandatory dependency ?
I hadn't tried disabling QCA completely, but it should be checked if it still allows enabling tests. --strk; On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 04:24:08PM -0600, Larry Shaffer wrote: > Hi, > > With PR #2330 merged, there is now a dependency upon the Qt Cryptographic > Architecture (QCA) library and one of its plugins [0] for master builds. > > See first two posts of the old PR #1838 for information on getting QCA > installed for your system [1]. I will update INSTALL tonight or tomorrow. > > QCA is GPL2-licensed tool now part of the KDE project [2]. Its usage in > QGIS has a run-time dependency upon QCA's OpenSSL plugin (qca-ossl), which > keeps QGIS from directly linking to OpenSSL, thereby avoiding any annoying > export restrictions. You can install other QCA plugins, but qca-ossl is > prioritized over any others in QGIS startup code. If the plugin is missing > the new authentication system will gracefully disable itself (let me know > if it does not). > > Latest QCA version is 2.1.0 (and recommended), which builds on all major > platforms using CMake and includes all available plugins in the build > process. However, the code has been tested against version 2.0.3 (package > on Ubuntu 12.04), which requires separate building of plugins. > > The Travic CI builds already have the necessary bits added for QCA in their > setup scripts. > > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/2330 > [0] http://delta.affinix.com/qca/ > [1] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/1838 > [2] https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdesupport/qca/repository > > Regards, > > Larry Shaffer > Dakota Cartography > Black Hills, South Dakota > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer