[krbdev.mit.edu #8487] 'krb5-config --libs' does not show '-lkrb5support' [Version: krb5-1.14.3]

rl via RT rt-comment at krbdev.mit.edu
Mon Aug 29 11:36:19 EDT 2016



On 08/29/16 17:21, Greg Hudson via RT wrote:
> The --enable-static --disable-shared configure flags for krb5 aren't
> supported, and should probably be removed.  They was added so that we could
> use gcov to measure the code coverage of our test suite, but gcov now
> supports shared libraries.
>
> We definitely don't want to output -lkrb5support for everyone in krb5-
> config; that would unnecessarily include libkrb5support in the direct
> library dependencies of programs built against krb5.
>

I understand the arguments. The openssh compilation can easily be fixed
(manually adding -lkrb5support).
Please close this RT ticket.

Thank you very much for your quick answer,
Rainer



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