[Python-ideas] python configure --with-ssl

[Gregory P. Smith]

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:33 AM, Pavel Machyniak <machyniak at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 20.5.2014 0:30, Ned Deily wrote:
> > In article <537A2E5F.4060004 at gmail.com>,
> >  Pavel Machyniak <machyniak at gmail.com>
> >  wrote:
> >> please add option to python configure for setting custom `openssl`
> >> installation on python build, eg `--with-ssl=path` as used commonly.
> >> Otherwise it is difficult to build python with specific `openssl`
> >> installation/compilation, see eg.
> >>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22409092/coredump-when-compiling-python-wit
> >> h-a-custom-openssl-version.
> >
> > This sort of request has come up before on the Python bug tracker.  With
> > a quick search, I didn't find an exact match for what you request,
> > although there might be a more general issue open to allow more control
> > over all third-party libraries.  However, there is
> > http://bugs.python.org/issue5575 which provides a patch to allow control
> > using environment variables rather than configure options.  Feel free to
> > open a new issue or comment on this one.
> >
>
> Thanks,
>
> I am well aware of the patch but it does not work if there is default
> openssl installation within the system (because it only adds another
> path to the END of the search list), and although the patch is from the
> year 2009 it is not released (accepted?) yet.
>
> I will probably find some time and propose the solution/patch using
> configure options --with-ssl (and also --with-ssl-includes,
> --with-ssl-libs, --with_krb5, and maybe --with-sqlite,
> --with-sqlite-includes, --with-sqlite-libs as well).
>

If you ever go so far as to include options for everything, please include
the ability to point to a specific path for readline, ncurses and zlib as
well. :)
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