[tor-bugs] #6936 [Tor Client]: why link to librt and libdl?

Sat Sep 22 19:20:07 UTC 2012

#6936: why link to librt and libdl?
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 Reporter:  weasel      |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.2-alpha
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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Changes (by nickm):

  * milestone:  => Tor: 0.2.4.x-final

Comment:

 I think that -lrt is for libevent to get clock_gettime(), and -ldl is for
 openssl to do loadable engines.

 I think we're including them so static builds work, when in fact we should
 only be including them conditionally on static builds.

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