Hello! This is my first post to this list... ;)
I'm not shure if someone will be interested in this topic.
For me, it has interest, as long as I maintain 100+ unix
(linux) servers with dialup access and every package update
cost some significant time to download, so package size is
somewhat important here.
I looked to openssh and realized that package consists of
several programs, all uses common set of routines from
libssh and libopenbsd-compat. So I thought about building
those libs as shared objects, instead of linking those
routines statically into every program. After some minor
tweaks, I successefully did that, saving about 1/3 of
total package size (3 rpms -- openssh, openssh-server
and openssh-clients -- was 650Kb befor and 420Kb after).
While tweaking makefiles and so on, I realized one minor
problem with libssl.a: it is not a complete library per
se. Yes, I know that it isn't intended to be used by
other programs (btw, pam_ssh uses parts of libssh), but
keeping it in a good state may be helpful anyway. One
issue with this library is that it refers to an external
variable, IPV4or6, that itself isn't in library, but
defined in several source files instead, repeating the
same lines every time. So, then libssl is a shared
object, programs like ssh-keygen (those that doesn't
define IPV4or6) will not build.
I hacked source a bit, but not like this hack very well.
What I did is created one extra file, ipv4or6.c, that
contains definition of this variable, added it into
list of objects for libssl, and changed actual declarations
in ssh.c, sshd.c, ssh-keyscan.c and the like to be simple
"extern int IPV4or6". This allowed me to successefully
use shared libssl.so. I attached a patch named
openssh-2.9.9p2-ipv4or6.diff, that does exactly this.
Next, some tweaking for Makefile was required. libssh.a
and libopenbsd-compat.a was "hardcoded" into link and dep
lines in Makefile, so if there is no libopenbsd-compat
(but it's contents is within -lssh), link will be funny.
Second patch, openssh-2.9.9p2-ssh_libs.diff, introduces
two make variables, SSH_LIBS="libopenbsd-compat.a libssl.a",
for dependence lines, and SSH_LDFLAGS="-lssl -lopenbsd-compat",
for link lines, and replaces hardcoded libssl.a etc with
those 2 variables.
Note that before the change, ssh-keyscan linked with -lssh
twice:
$(LD) -o $@ ssh-keyscan.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lssh $(LIBS)
Looking into -lssh and -lopenbsd-compat, I don't think it is
necessary: there is no "back-references" from -lopenbsd-compat
to -lssh. The patch mentioned above fixes this too.
For now (and I doubt I'll be able to do that at all, as long
as I have little expirience with building/using shared libs
on *many* platforms, only linux and solaris), I didn't changed
makefiles etc to actually *use* shared lib -- steps performed
externally -- but those changes allowed me to do what I wanted
to.
Actual steps are performed from rpm's .spec file: instead of
just `make', I use the following sequence:
--
make libssh.a CC="gcc -fPIC"
make -C openbsd-compat CC="gcc -fPIC"
gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libssh-%{version}.so -o libssh.so \
-Wl,--whole-archive libssh.a openbsd-compat/libopenbsd-compat.a \
-Wl,--no-whole-archive -lcrypto -lz
make SSH_LIBS=libssh.so SSH_LDFLAGS=-lssh
--
and, at install stage, additional
--
install -m755 libssh.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libssh-%{version}.so
--
line is needed too, after real `make install'.
Adding real shared lib suport into makefile(s) will require to
create separate directory for libssh, or to use some other
extension instead of .o for all it's components, due to difference
in compiler flags (-fPIC for gcc is needed to compile position-
independant code), and those flags together with command to make
shared lib are very platform-dependant.
And one more issue/question at the end. I noticied that *all*
openssh programs linked with -lpam, -lwrap, -lutil and so on --
libraries really needed for sshd *only*. I can't say this is
"bug", but looks somewhat inaccurate. Looking into configure.in,
it is relatively hard to "clean up" things. 3rd patch attached,
openssh-2.9.9p2-libs.diff, an *alternative* to ssh_libs patch
(both touches the same lines in Makefile.in), is an attempt to
fix this too. It is only first step into this direction, some
more cleanups should be done (for example, there is no -lz needed
for ssh-keygen, kerberos and s/key libs should be checked too and
so on).
Thank you for great product!
Regards,
Michael.
-------------- next part --------------
This diff against 2.9.9p2 creates new file, ipv4or6.c, that holds
`int IPV4or6' variable used in other code. Instead of defining this
variable in other source files, it is now in this file instead, as
part of libssh library.
diff -rNu1 openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/Makefile.in openssh-2.9.9p2/Makefile.in
--- openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/Makefile.in Tue Sep 18 09:06:22 2001
+++ openssh-2.9.9p2/Makefile.in Sun Oct 7 23:05:32 2001
@@ -48,3 +48,3 @@
-LIBSSH_OBJS=atomicio.o authfd.o authfile.o bufaux.o buffer.o canohost.o
channels.o cipher.o compat.o compress.o crc32.o deattack.o dh.o dispatch.o mac.o
hostfile.o key.o kex.o kexdh.o kexgex.o log.o match.o misc.o mpaux.o nchan.o
packet.o radix.o rijndael.o entropy.o readpass.o rsa.o scard.o ssh-dss.o
ssh-rsa.o tildexpand.o ttymodes.o uidswap.o uuencode.o xmalloc.o
+LIBSSH_OBJS=atomicio.o authfd.o authfile.o bufaux.o buffer.o canohost.o
channels.o cipher.o compat.o compress.o crc32.o deattack.o dh.o dispatch.o mac.o
hostfile.o key.o kex.o kexdh.o kexgex.o log.o match.o misc.o mpaux.o nchan.o
packet.o radix.o rijndael.o entropy.o readpass.o rsa.o scard.o ssh-dss.o
ssh-rsa.o tildexpand.o ttymodes.o uidswap.o uuencode.o xmalloc.o ipv4or6.o
diff -rNu1 openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/ipv4or6.c openssh-2.9.9p2/ipv4or6.c
--- openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/ipv4or6.c Thu Jan 1 03:00:00 1970
+++ openssh-2.9.9p2/ipv4or6.c Sun Oct 7 23:10:32 2001
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "includes.h"
+
+/* Flag indicating whether IPv4 or IPv6. This can be set on the command line.
+ Default value is AF_UNSPEC means both IPv4 and IPv6. */
+#ifdef IPV4_DEFAULT
+int IPv4or6 = AF_INET;
+#else
+int IPv4or6 = AF_UNSPEC;
+#endif
diff -rNu1 openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/ssh-keyscan.c openssh-2.9.9p2/ssh-keyscan.c
--- openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/ssh-keyscan.c Fri Sep 21 00:30:09 2001
+++ openssh-2.9.9p2/ssh-keyscan.c Sun Oct 7 23:08:13 2001
@@ -36,9 +36,4 @@
-/* Flag indicating whether IPv4 or IPv6. This can be set on the command line.
- Default value is AF_UNSPEC means both IPv4 and IPv6. */
-#ifdef IPV4_DEFAULT
-int IPv4or6 = AF_INET;
-#else
-int IPv4or6 = AF_UNSPEC;
-#endif
+/* AF_UNSPEC or AF_INET or AF_INET6 */
+extern int IPv4or6;
diff -rNu1 openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/ssh.c openssh-2.9.9p2/ssh.c
--- openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/ssh.c Tue Sep 25 02:04:03 2001
+++ openssh-2.9.9p2/ssh.c Sun Oct 7 23:09:16 2001
@@ -82,9 +82,4 @@
-/* Flag indicating whether IPv4 or IPv6. This can be set on the command line.
- Default value is AF_UNSPEC means both IPv4 and IPv6. */
-#ifdef IPV4_DEFAULT
-int IPv4or6 = AF_INET;
-#else
-int IPv4or6 = AF_UNSPEC;
-#endif
+/* AF_UNSPEC or AF_INET or AF_INET6 */
+extern int IPv4or6;
diff -rNu1 openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/sshd.c openssh-2.9.9p2/sshd.c
--- openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/sshd.c Tue Sep 18 08:03:04 2001
+++ openssh-2.9.9p2/sshd.c Sun Oct 7 23:10:04 2001
@@ -97,11 +97,4 @@
-/*
- * Flag indicating whether IPv4 or IPv6. This can be set on the command line.
- * Default value is AF_UNSPEC means both IPv4 and IPv6.
- */
-#ifdef IPV4_DEFAULT
-int IPv4or6 = AF_INET;
-#else
-int IPv4or6 = AF_UNSPEC;
-#endif
+/* AF_UNSPEC or AF_INET or AF_INET6 */
+extern int IPv4or6;
-------------- next part --------------
Do not hardcode libssh and libopenbsd-compat into link lines and dependances,
but use make variables instead. Can be used to build with shared -lssh.
--- openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/Makefile.in.orig Sun Oct 7 23:45:01 2001
+++ openssh-2.9.9p2/Makefile.in Sun Oct 7 23:48:31 2001
@@ -95,32 +96,35 @@
-ssh$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a $(SSHOBJS)
- $(LD) -o $@ $(SSHOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+SSH_LIBS = $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a
+SSH_LDFLAGS = -lssh -lopenbsd-compat
-sshd$(EXEEXT): libssh.a $(LIBCOMPAT) $(SSHDOBJS)
- $(LD) -o $@ $(SSHDOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+ssh$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) $(SSHOBJS)
+ $(LD) -o $@ $(SSHOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-scp$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a scp.o
- $(LD) -o $@ scp.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+sshd$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) $(SSHDOBJS)
+ $(LD) -o $@ $(SSHDOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-ssh-add$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a ssh-add.o
- $(LD) -o $@ ssh-add.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+scp$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) scp.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ scp.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-ssh-agent$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a ssh-agent.o
- $(LD) -o $@ ssh-agent.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+ssh-add$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) ssh-add.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ ssh-add.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-ssh-keygen$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a ssh-keygen.o
- $(LD) -o $@ ssh-keygen.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+ssh-agent$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) ssh-agent.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ ssh-agent.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-ssh-keyscan$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a ssh-keyscan.o
- $(LD) -o $@ ssh-keyscan.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lssh $(LIBS)
+ssh-keygen$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) ssh-keygen.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ ssh-keygen.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-sftp-server$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a sftp.o sftp-common.o sftp-server.o
- $(LD) -o $@ sftp-server.o sftp-common.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat
$(LIBS)
+ssh-keyscan$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) ssh-keyscan.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ ssh-keyscan.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-sftp$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a sftp.o sftp-client.o sftp-int.o
sftp-common.o sftp-glob.o
- $(LD) -o $@ sftp.o sftp-client.o sftp-common.o sftp-int.o sftp-glob.o
$(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+sftp-server$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) sftp.o sftp-common.o sftp-server.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ sftp-server.o sftp-common.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+
+sftp$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) sftp.o sftp-client.o sftp-int.o sftp-common.o
sftp-glob.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ sftp.o sftp-client.o sftp-common.o sftp-int.o sftp-glob.o
$(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
# test driver for the loginrec code - not built by default
-logintest: logintest.o $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a loginrec.o
- $(LD) -o $@ logintest.o $(LDFLAGS) loginrec.o -lopenbsd-compat -lssh $(LIBS)
+logintest: logintest.o $(SSH_LIBS) loginrec.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ logintest.o $(LDFLAGS) loginrec.o $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-------------- next part --------------
diff -rNu1 openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/Makefile.in openssh-2.9.9p2/Makefile.in
--- openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/Makefile.in Tue Sep 18 09:06:22 2001
+++ openssh-2.9.9p2/Makefile.in Mon Oct 8 02:12:04 2001
@@ -32,2 +32,4 @@
LIBS=@LIBS@
+AUTH_LIBS=@AUTH_LIBS@
+LIBWRAP=@LIBWRAP@
AR=@AR@
@@ -95,32 +97,35 @@
-ssh$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a $(SSHOBJS)
- $(LD) -o $@ $(SSHOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+SSH_LIBS = $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a
+SSH_LDFLAGS = -lssh -lopenbsd-compat
-sshd$(EXEEXT): libssh.a $(LIBCOMPAT) $(SSHDOBJS)
- $(LD) -o $@ $(SSHDOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+ssh$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) $(SSHOBJS)
+ $(LD) -o $@ $(SSHOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-scp$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a scp.o
- $(LD) -o $@ scp.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+sshd$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) $(SSHDOBJS)
+ $(LD) -o $@ $(SSHDOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(AUTH_LIBS) $(LIBWRAP)
$(LIBS)
-ssh-add$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a ssh-add.o
- $(LD) -o $@ ssh-add.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+scp$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) scp.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ scp.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-ssh-agent$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a ssh-agent.o
- $(LD) -o $@ ssh-agent.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+ssh-add$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) ssh-add.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ ssh-add.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-ssh-keygen$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a ssh-keygen.o
- $(LD) -o $@ ssh-keygen.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+ssh-agent$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) ssh-agent.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ ssh-agent.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-ssh-keyscan$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a ssh-keyscan.o
- $(LD) -o $@ ssh-keyscan.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lssh $(LIBS)
+ssh-keygen$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) ssh-keygen.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ ssh-keygen.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-sftp-server$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a sftp.o sftp-common.o sftp-server.o
- $(LD) -o $@ sftp-server.o sftp-common.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat
$(LIBS)
+ssh-keyscan$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) ssh-keyscan.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ ssh-keyscan.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
-sftp$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a sftp.o sftp-client.o sftp-int.o
sftp-common.o sftp-glob.o
- $(LD) -o $@ sftp.o sftp-client.o sftp-common.o sftp-int.o sftp-glob.o
$(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+sftp-server$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) sftp.o sftp-common.o sftp-server.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ sftp-server.o sftp-common.o $(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+
+sftp$(EXEEXT): $(SSH_LIBS) sftp.o sftp-client.o sftp-int.o sftp-common.o
sftp-glob.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ sftp.o sftp-client.o sftp-common.o sftp-int.o sftp-glob.o
$(LDFLAGS) $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
# test driver for the loginrec code - not built by default
-logintest: logintest.o $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a loginrec.o
- $(LD) -o $@ logintest.o $(LDFLAGS) loginrec.o -lopenbsd-compat -lssh $(LIBS)
+logintest: logintest.o $(SSH_LIBS) loginrec.o
+ $(LD) -o $@ logintest.o $(LDFLAGS) loginrec.o $(SSH_LDFLAGS) $(AUTH_LIBS)
$(LIBS)
diff -rNu1 openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/configure.in openssh-2.9.9p2/configure.in
--- openssh-2.9.9p2.orig/configure.in Wed Sep 26 02:39:38 2001
+++ openssh-2.9.9p2/configure.in Mon Oct 8 02:15:29 2001
@@ -337,2 +337,3 @@
# Checks for libraries.
+AUTH_LIBS if test -z "$no_libnsl" ; then
@@ -344,8 +345,5 @@
-dnl SCO OS3 needs this for libwrap
-AC_CHECK_LIB(rpc, innetgr, LIBS="-lrpc -lyp -lrpc $LIBS" , , -lyp
-lrpc)
-
-AC_CHECK_LIB(gen, getspnam, LIBS="$LIBS -lgen")
AC_CHECK_LIB(z, deflate, ,AC_MSG_ERROR([*** zlib missing - please install first
or check config.log ***]))
-AC_CHECK_LIB(util, login, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBUTIL_LOGIN) LIBS="$LIBS
-lutil")
+AC_CHECK_LIB(gen, getspnam, AUTH_LIBS="$AUTH_LIBS -lgen")
+AC_CHECK_LIB(util, login, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBUTIL_LOGIN)
AUTH_LIBS="$AUTH_LIBS -lutil")
@@ -455,3 +453,4 @@
# Check whether user wants TCP wrappers support
-TCPW_MSG="no"
+TCPW_MSG="no"
+LIBWRAP AC_ARG_WITH(tcp-wrappers,
@@ -460,4 +459,7 @@
if test "x$withval" != "xno" ; then
+ LIBWRAP="-lwrap"
+ dnl SCO OS3 needs this for libwrap
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(rpc, innetgr, LIBWRAP="$LIBWRAP -lrpc -lyp -lrpc" , ,
-lyp -lrpc)
saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
- LIBS="-lwrap $LIBS"
+ LIBS="$LIBWRAP $LIBS"
AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libwrap)
@@ -472,2 +474,3 @@
AC_DEFINE(LIBWRAP)
+ LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
TCPW_MSG="yes"
@@ -481,2 +484,3 @@
)
+AC_SUBST(LIBWRAP)
@@ -503,3 +507,3 @@
[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LOGIN)],
- [AC_CHECK_LIB(bsd, login, [LIBS="$LIBS -lbsd";
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LOGIN)])]
+ [AC_CHECK_LIB(bsd, login, [AUTH_LIBS="$AUTH_LIBS -lbsd";
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LOGIN)])]
)
@@ -545,4 +549,4 @@
- AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen, , )
- AC_CHECK_LIB(pam, pam_set_item, , AC_MSG_ERROR([*** libpam missing]))
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen, AUTH_LIBS="-ldl $AUTH_LIBS", )
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(pam, pam_set_item, AUTH_LIBS="-lpam $AUTH_LIBS",
AC_MSG_ERROR([*** libpam missing]), $AUTH_LIBS)
AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pam_getenvlist)
@@ -743,3 +747,3 @@
if test "x$PAM_MSG" = "xno" -a
"x$check_for_libcrypt_later" = "x1"; then
- AC_CHECK_LIB(crypt, crypt, LIBS="$LIBS -lcrypt")
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(crypt, crypt, AUTH_LIBS="$AUTH_LIBS -lcrypt")
fi
@@ -2047,2 +2051,4 @@
AC_EXEEXT
+
+AC_SUBST(AUTH_LIBS)
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Michael Tokarev wrote: [..]> I hacked source a bit, but not like this hack very well. > What I did is created one extra file, ipv4or6.c, that > contains definition of this variable, added it into > list of objects for libssl, and changed actual declarations > in ssh.c, sshd.c, ssh-keyscan.c and the like to be simple > "extern int IPV4or6". This allowed me to successefully > use shared libssl.so. I attached a patch named > openssh-2.9.9p2-ipv4or6.diff, that does exactly this. >Hmm... This is wrong. IPV4or6 variable should be in a header file, not a C file.> Next, some tweaking for Makefile was required. libssh.a > and libopenbsd-compat.a was "hardcoded" into link and dep > lines in Makefile, so if there is no libopenbsd-compat > (but it's contents is within -lssh), link will be funny. > Second patch, openssh-2.9.9p2-ssh_libs.diff, introduces > two make variables, SSH_LIBS="libopenbsd-compat.a libssl.a", > for dependence lines, and SSH_LDFLAGS="-lssl -lopenbsd-compat", > for link lines, and replaces hardcoded libssl.a etc with > those 2 variables. > > Note that before the change, ssh-keyscan linked with -lssh > twice: > $(LD) -o $@ ssh-keyscan.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lssh $(LIBS) > Looking into -lssh and -lopenbsd-compat, I don't think it is > necessary: there is no "back-references" from -lopenbsd-compat > to -lssh. The patch mentioned above fixes this too.Incorrect. bsd-arc4random.c refers to seed_rng() which is part of entropy.c. Dynamic linking may remove this issue, but in our current compile setup this hack is required.> And one more issue/question at the end. I noticied that *all* > openssh programs linked with -lpam, -lwrap, -lutil and so on -- > libraries really needed for sshd *only*. I can't say this is > "bug", but looks somewhat inaccurate. Looking into configure.in, > it is relatively hard to "clean up" things. 3rd patch attached, > openssh-2.9.9p2-libs.diff, an *alternative* to ssh_libs patch > (both touches the same lines in Makefile.in), is an attempt to > fix this too. It is only first step into this direction, some > more cleanups should be done (for example, there is no -lz needed > for ssh-keygen, kerberos and s/key libs should be checked too and > so on). >It would be nice to support this, but how much more work will it be to maintain? Right now it is pretty easy to maintain. I think we need to clean up configure.in before implementing this. Too bad most linkers are brain damaged and don't strip unused dynamically linked libraries. - Ben
On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 03:21:56AM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:> Hello! This is my first post to this list... ;)[...]> Adding real shared lib suport into makefile(s) will require to > create separate directory for libssh, or to use some other > extension instead of .o for all it's components, due to difference > in compiler flags (-fPIC for gcc is needed to compile position- > independant code), and those flags together with command to make > shared lib are very platform-dependant.Others deal with this problem by using extensions other than .o for PIC objects, such as .po or .lo. Look at libtool for example. So you can setup .c.po rules and have libssh.$(SH_EXT) depend on the .po objects and libssh.a depend on the .o objects, and so on and on. This is the best way to go, IMHO. That said, I wonder about the wisdom of this as libssh is a library internal to OpenSSH, and is not meant to be used by others. But if you install a shared library it may well lead some to think it's an API. Also, most of those other programs included with OpenSSH are rarely run, so that there's little performance or memory footprint savings to gain from making libssh.a a shared object instead.> Thank you for great product! > > Regards, > Michael.[...] Cheers, Nico -- -DISCLAIMER: an automatically appended disclaimer may follow. By posting- -to a public e-mail mailing list I hereby grant permission to distribute- -and copy this message.- Visit our website at http://www.ubswarburg.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments.
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2001-Oct-08 21:14 UTC
Using -lssh as shared library
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 08:51:35PM -0500, mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org wrote:> I think we need to clean up configure.in before implementing this.Amen! One thing that can be done immediately is to refuse any patch that does the following (unless there is a very very good reason): case "$host" in *-*-aix*) AC_DEFINE(...) ... ... This is usually done out of laziness and is gross! -- albert chin (china at thewrittenword.com)
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