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Re: [rfc patch] replace avhttp with libcurl

 

The next windows nightly (non debug) and after
kicad-product-r6353.2667109-x86_64.exe  will be patched.

2015-12-08 21:49 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I had the same problem as JP with the CA certs using a msys1/mingw32
> build.  I tried using the CURL_CA_BUNDLE environment variable but that
> didn't seem to help.  I cannot tell where libcurl is looking for the
> certs and I even tried use curl --capath to point to the path to known
> good certs and that didn't work either.  I did notice that the msys2
> package for curl is heavily patched so it may be that the unpatched
> version that I built and installed does not work.  This could be an
> issue as there may be devs out there still using the old msys1 as their
> development platform on windows.  Unlike JP, I did not have any issues
> with my msys2/mingw32 build.  That worked fine.  I am concerned about
> how well this will work in windows packages if libcurl is so path
> sensitive.  Before I consider committing it, I need one of our windows
> packagers to create a windows installer with it to make sure the certs
> can be found no matter where it is installed on the system.  Please
> consider adding a build configuration option initially rather than
> completely kicking avhttp to the curb.  I would prefer to have a known
> fallback in case something goes wrong.
>
> On 12/4/2015 12:40 AM, Mark Roszko wrote:
>> Attached updated patch thats been rebased on the latest commits.
>>
>> Removed excess whitespace, added comments to KICAD_CURL
>> Fixed the WIN32 warnings.
>> Replaced a fprintf with wxLogError. Also added curl library info print
>> on start via wxLogDebug.
>>
>>
>>
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