Re: building with meson on windows with ssl

On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 20:56, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 2023-11-12 11:41:15 -0500, Dave Cramer wrote:
> > On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 at 07:57, Dave Cramer <davecramer(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > > I am getting the following error
> > > building on HEAD
> > >
> > > Library crypto found: YES
> > > Checking for function "CRYPTO_new_ex_data" with dependencies -lssl,
> > > -lcrypto: NO
> > >
> >
> > So this is the error you get if you mix a 64 bit version of openssl and
> > build with x86 tools. Clearly my problem, but the error message is less
> > than helpful
>
> There probably is more detail in meson-logs/meson-log.txt - could you post
> that?
>
I'd have to undo what I did to fix it, but if I find time I will

>
>
> The problem could be related to the fact that on windows you (I think) can
> have binaries with both 32bit and 64bit libraries loaded.
>

I was building with the 32bit tools by mistake.

>
> Was this with msvc or gcc/mingw?
>

msvc

Dave

>
> Greetings,
>
> Andres Freund
>