[fpc-pascal] Dependency of OpenSSL 1.0.2 still in FPC 3.2.0 on some platforms?

[Bo Berglund]

On Thu, 6 May 2021 14:04:07 +0200 (CEST), Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal
<fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

>On Thu, 6 May 2021, Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal wrote:
>
>>> I highly recommend Synapse over Indy.
>>>
>>
>> I had great troubles a year or so ago when I tried using some serial packages
>> based on synapse because they brought in GUI stuff that made it impossible to
>> compile a simple program aimed at running as a service on a server style linux
>> box...
>
>Yes, because you were using the wrong package.
>
>If you use the correct package (laz_synapse.lpk), there will be no issue.
>
>See e.g. here:
>
>https://sourceforge.net/p/synalist/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/
>
>But you can install it using the Online package manager.
>
>In the online package manager, DO NOT use the pl_synapsevs package.
>
>You myst use the laz_synapse (Synapse 40.1) package. 
>It does not have GUI dependencies.
>
>I use it myself in a headless FPC-created server running on linux, since many many
>years, and use it in a Delphi-created server also running on linux, so I'm very
>confident it works as described :-)
>
>Michael.

Thanks, I will have a look!


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden