Zitat von Alexey Eremenko <[email protected]>: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Alexey Eremenko <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Kees Nuyt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:18:48 +0200, you wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> VirtualBox works on single host, so theoretically, it should >>>>>> not need OpenSSL. >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps for teleporting? >>>>> -- >>>> >>>> wrong. >>>> >>>> OpenSSL is required since VBox 2.2, while teleporting is a v3.1 >>>> feature. (according to >>>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux%20build%20instructions) >>>> It seems that OpenSSL is used for cURL as a dependency... >>>> >>>> New question: But why cURL itself is used in VirtualBox ? >> >> I don´t know where are you trying to get to. What is the problem of >> Virtualbox needing curl, or openssl for that matter?. >> >> Checking for updates, perhaps?. >> > > But checking for updates doesn't need SSL. virtualbox.org is HTTP > site, not HTTPS.
Read the source, Luke. ;-) And it will tell you: libcurl needed for S3 openssl needed for RDP and S3 Now awaiting your follow-up question: Why are RDP and S3 used in VirtualBox ? ;-) Regards, J.Roderburg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
