Re: [meta-mono][PATCH] mono-4.xx: compiling mono 4 with btls requires cmake

[Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 5:26 AM, Pascal Bach <pascal.bach@siemens.com> wrote:
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>>>> Mono requires cmake to build the bundled BoringSSL library. I didn't look why it works in detail but I currently assume that BoringSSL is standalone enough that no additional
>>>> CMake toolchain settings are required to make it work.
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>>> yeah that probably is a case of bundling which is on rise at app level
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>>>> One option would be to disable it with `--disable-btls` but I fear that would disable TLS1.2 support (http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/4.8.0/#tls-12-support).
>>>> But I have no way of checking that.
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>>> interesting, do they support any other TLS implementations ?
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>> It is disabled in 5.x builds by default as it breaks the build e.g.
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>> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-mono/tree/recipes-mono/mono/mono-5.4.0.201.inc
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>> It's probably time to look at a working build with it re-enabled. Patches welcomed...
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>> (I did have a quick look at inheriting cmake but that breaks the build too)
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> I did some more testing. And adding "cmake-native" still doesn't build btls. I guess it need cmake to figure that out. But this means it was never enabled in the first place.
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> So my proposal for the moment is to explicitly set "--disable-btls" for Mono 4 too, this way it builds and it is clear that it is disabled.

that seems reasonable

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> If somebody figures out how to enable it again. I will send an updated Patch.
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> Pascal
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