vlc-2.1.0.4 fails with libssh2 enabled

[Kevin Oberman]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:58 AM, William Grzybowski <william88 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:33 PM, William Grzybowski <william88 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 9:56 AM, William Grzybowski <
> william88 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> It looks like it is an openssl problem.
> >>> Have you tried installing the openssl package from ports?
> >>>
> >> William,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the very quick response!
> >>
> >> I had not, but I just gave it a try and it allows vlc to configure,
> build,
> >> and run. But this is not the right solution. Makefile does not have a
> direct
> >> dependency on openssl at all, only libgcrypt and libssh2. Since both are
> >> happy with the base openssl, vlc should build just fine!
> >
> > Obviously! I never said it was :)
>
> Just to be clear here. It is an issue with libssh2, vlc has no control
> over openssl libraries.
>
> $ cat /usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/libssh2.pc|grep ssl
> Requires.private: libssl,libcrypto
>
> So security/libssh2 should be fixed to use the correct openssl
> libraries, if thats the case.
>
>
Ahh. Now I understand. I'll admit that I have never really paid much
attention to pkgconf and the .pc files.

Thanks for the time and the education.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
E-mail: rkoberman at gmail.com