[openssl-dev] libcrypto.pc needs to list libpthread as a dependency

[Matt Caswell]

On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 22:26:10 +0100
Howard Chu via openssl-dev <openssl-dev at openssl.org> wrote:

> In OpenSSL 1.1 on Linux (at least) libcrypto now has a dependency on 
> libpthread but this is not reflected in the pkgconfig file. As a result, tools 
> like CMake fail to detect libcrypto properly when linking against the static 
> library. libpthread should be added to the Libs.private line of the pkgconfig 

Hmmm - there is no pkgconfig file at all in 1.1.0. It was removed because it was felt this was better added by OS specific packages. If you have one it probably came from the package for your specific distro not the openssl project itself.

Matt



> file.
> 
> For example: 
> https://github.com/monero-project/monero/issues/2402#issuecomment-327514216
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