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

[Travis Siegel]

The -dev part of the package is necessary for the headers used for 
compiling, any target system running the finished product will not 
require the -dev version of the packages to be installed, since they 
won't be using the header files directly.


On 5/17/2021 6:20 PM, Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal wrote:
> On Mon, 17 May 2021 23:20:16 +0200, gebylist via fpc-pascal
> <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>
>> ?Dne 17.05.2021 v 22:06 Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal napsal(a):
>>> And that is what I have done, it is listed in uses of my mailsupport source file
>>> as:
>>> uses
>>>     Classes,
>>>     SysUtils,
>>>     smtpsend,
>>>     ssl_openssl, //<= Here
>>>     synautil,
>>>     mimemess,
>>>     mimepart;
>>>
>>> Yet it is "not compiled"...
>>>
>>> Very confusing.
>>>
>> It is because loading of ssl_openssl plugin failed. Have you installed
>> OpenSSL libraries on your RPi?
> How is that done?
> Is not openssl part of the Debian and derivatives Linux distros?
>
> Well, I Googled and found a suggested remedy:
> sudo apt install libssl-dev
>
> After this was done I ran the exact same code in Lazarus debugger and this time
> it got through and the emails were delivered!
>
>> Check function |InitSSLinterface in ssl_openssl_lib unit. I personally
>> never test ssl_openssl on RPi, maybe some error is here.|
>>
> Follow-on question:
> Do I have to install dev packages like this on the  target system as well (one
> where the application is not going to be built on?
>
> Or is it only needed to be on the *development* system?
>
>