6.4.4.4 libssl error

[Michael Stahl]

On 09.06.20 09:42, Chetan Aru wrote:
> Thanks.
> There is a difference in how I invoke the build.
> LO: '--enable-dbgutil --disable-symbols --disable-64-bit 
> --disable-dependency-tracking 
> --srcdir=/home/tdf/lode/jenkins/workspace/gerrit_windows 
> --enable-option-checking=fatal'
> Me:--with-external-tar=/path --with-junit=/path --with-ant-home=/path 
> --enable-pch --disable-ccache --enable-release-build --enable-64-bit 
> --disable-dependency-tracking --with-visual-studio=2019 
> --with-jdk-home="/cygdrive/c/Program Files/AdoptOpenJDK/jdk-11-hotspot"

that's probably irrelevant. most likely you have a different MSBuild.exe 
version.

> The SSL DLL errors are from the tar files related to external 
> tar openssl-1.0.2t.tar.gz.
> I was going with options mentioned on 
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingOnWindows
> If I don't specify --with-external-tar, do I need to install more stuff? 
> Where can I find more documentation on that?

--with-external-tar only changes which directory is used to store tarballs.

it's not possible to use "system" libraries on Windows that don't exist 
in the Windows SDK, like OpenSSL.