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diff --git a/docs/KNOWN_BUGS b/docs/KNOWN_BUGS index 5b0c00881..aae374369 100644 --- a/docs/KNOWN_BUGS +++ b/docs/KNOWN_BUGS @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ problems may have been fixed or changed somewhat since this was written! 5. Build and portability issues 5.2 curl-config --libs contains private details 5.3 curl compiled on OSX 10.13 failed to run on OSX 10.10 - 5.4 Cannot compile against a static build of OpenLDAP + 5.4 Build with staticly built dependency 5.5 can't handle Unicode arguments in Windows 5.6 cmake support gaps 5.7 Visual Studio project gaps @@ -355,9 +355,27 @@ problems may have been fixed or changed somewhat since this was written! See https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/2905 -5.4 Cannot compile against a static build of OpenLDAP +5.4 Build with staticly built dependency - See https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/2367 + The build scripts in curl (autotools, cmake and others) are primarily done to + work with shared/dynamic third party dependencies. When linking with shared + libraries, the depedency "chain" is handled automatically by the library + loader - on all modern systems. + + If you instead link with a static library, we need to provide all the + dependency libraries already at the link command line. + + Figuring out all the dependency libraries for a given library is hard, as it + might also involve figuring out the dependencies of the dependencies and they + may vary between platforms and even change between versions. + + When using static dependencies, the build scripts will mostly assume that + you, the user, will provide all the necessary additional dependency libraries + as additional arguments in the build. With configure, by setting LIBS/LDFLAGS + on the command line. + + We welcome help to improve curl's ability to link with static libraries, but + it is likely a task that we can never fully support. 5.5 can't handle Unicode arguments in Windows |