Re: Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-21 Thread Richard Conlan
Ack! I see there are actually a number of responses I somehow missed. Pardon my error. ~~RMC On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Richard Conlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody have any response on this? Or is there a better list to ask? > > ~RMC > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Richard

Re: Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-18 Thread Richard Conlan
Anybody have any response on this? Or is there a better list to ask? ~~RMC On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Richard Conlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings! > > So, I have a handful of relatively esoteric questions. > > Say I have binaryX that will use both libcrypto and libssl. > > 1) Is

Re: Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-17 Thread Ger Hobbelt
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Geoff Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 16 July 2008 14:56:26 Kenneth Goldman wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/16/2008 10:08:31 AM: >> > 2) using static builds has a benefit: you know exactly what your [..] >> Is this really a drawback? Since

Re: Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-17 Thread Kenneth Goldman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/17/2008 12:16:18 PM: > Has this ever been (in recent history) an issue within a given > release branch? > Ie. has 0.9.8(n+1) ever broken apps that were running ok against 0.9.8n? > 0.9.8x is of course not backwards compatible with 0.9.7y, and 0.9.9 will not > be backw

Re: Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-17 Thread Bruce Stephens
Geoff Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > But in fact, the original question was about binary compatibility Sure, and I've no reason to believe binary compatibility has been broken in 0.9.8. (Though it's something I've never really cared about.) [...] __

Re: Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-17 Thread Geoff Thorpe
On Thursday 17 July 2008 12:26:33 Bruce Stephens wrote: > Geoff Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > > Has this ever been (in recent history) an issue within a given > > release branch? Ie. has 0.9.8(n+1) ever broken apps that were > > running ok against 0.9.8n? 0.9.8x is of course no

Re: Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-17 Thread Bruce Stephens
Geoff Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Has this ever been (in recent history) an issue within a given > release branch? Ie. has 0.9.8(n+1) ever broken apps that were > running ok against 0.9.8n? 0.9.8x is of course not backwards > compatible with 0.9.7y, and 0.9.9 will not be backward

Re: Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-17 Thread Geoff Thorpe
On Wednesday 16 July 2008 14:56:26 Kenneth Goldman wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/16/2008 10:08:31 AM: > > 2) using static builds has a benefit: you know exactly what your > > application is going to get SSL-wise: you will be sure it is installed > > on the target system because you brought

Re: Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-17 Thread Kenneth Goldman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/16/2008 10:08:31 AM: > 2) using static builds has a benefit: you know exactly what your > application is going to get SSL-wise: you will be sure it is installed > on the target system because you brought it along. The drawback is > that you have to provide your own up

Re: Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-16 Thread Ger Hobbelt
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Richard Conlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings! > > So, I have a handful of relatively esoteric questions. > > Say I have binaryX that will use both libcrypto and libssl. > > 1) Is it dangerous to statically link the one and dynamically link the > other? wha

Compiling static vs. dynamic and building a universal binary

2008-07-16 Thread Richard Conlan
Greetings! So, I have a handful of relatively esoteric questions. Say I have binaryX that will use both libcrypto and libssl. 1) Is it dangerous to statically link the one and dynamically link the other? what if the versions mismatch? 2) Does anybody know the version of OpenSSL included by defa