From: Lars Buitinck <larsmans@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:37:09 GMT
Subject: git build failure with libssl (OpenSSL) in custom directory
Message-ID: <AANLkTikQC9hncPZkeScWi7OsWw+Optbvxaygyn1p7_sN@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I've built Git on a Debian Linux box where I don't have root rights. I
first built OpenSSL 1.0.0b and Curl successfully, installing both in
$HOME/apps. I tried to do the same for Git, using

  CPPFLAGS=-I$HOME/apps/include LDFLAGS=-L$HOME/apps/lib make
prefix=$HOME/apps all doc info

but the build failed with the error

      LINK git-fast-import
  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcrypto
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
  make: *** [git-fast-import] Error 1

I checked the Makefile, and found

  # CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are for the users to override from the command line.

  CFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall
  LDFLAGS =

I'm not a Makefile expert, but it seems to me that the last line
contradicts the comment. In any case, changing it to

  LDFLAGS = -L$(HOME)/apps/lib -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

worked, but only after also building and installing a shared library
version of OpenSSL.

I've got a working Git now, but I thought I'd let you know. I haven't
checked out the development version yet.

Regards,
Lars


PS.: I'm not a member of this list, but git-scm.com suggested I send
my question to you.