Pablo Galindo Salgado <pablog...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> OpenSSL uses dynamic linking by default. As long as OpenSSL provide a .a file (they do) you can always static link. That is a decision of how you integrate the library. > Static linking is problematic for dynamic engine support. Not sure I follow. What's the problem here? The advantage of static linking here will be to not have a dependency on the shared object, which can be quite beneficial. > Dynamic linked OpenSSL has a major benefit: It allows users to update OpenSSL > without re-compiling Python. Yeah, I agree. That's what should always be the default. But there are still advantages regarding static linking. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue43466> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
