If I'm not mistaken the binary wheels will include boringssl linked statically and won't use old libssl.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2025, 8:23 AM 'Wade' via grpc.io <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > We are trying to build the grpcio and grpcio_tools packages from source in > our docker container image builds, and have noticed that the packages are > enormous when doing that compared to installing with the wheel. > > Is there a way to get the .so files smaller when building from source? > Also, the main reason for building from source is concern about manylinux > wheels bundling outdated version of important libraries like libssl, etc. > Is that a valid security concern? > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " > grpc.io" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/d4586a85-cab2-48ee-8786-d2b8637e1597n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/d4586a85-cab2-48ee-8786-d2b8637e1597n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "grpc.io" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/CAFfO1T5RaRCzqPNDS9Jbsf3DytoRLWaRaOXSX6GDQbW8_Nj_sw%40mail.gmail.com.
