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Custom Openssl Installation
Describe the bug I am using vcpkg for windows to build openvpn from source code on windows. Now for this i already have openssl installed, but i am not able to use this custom openssl instead vcpkg install always installs new openssl. How can i use my custom openssl.
You could find system openssl by CMake function https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindOpenSSL.html, you may also need to specify the search path.
The general answer to such situations is to provide an empty overlay port (here: for openssl). Cf. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/using-system-package-manager-dependencies-with-vcpkg/#using-curl-and-openssl-from-the-system-package-manager
Note that that vcpkg's openssl port also installs a wrapper for find_package(OpenSSL) which deals with correctly supplying debug and release binaries etc. When not using the vcpkg port, reverse dependencies might fail to build or might link the wrong configuration.
You could find system
opensslby CMake function https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindOpenSSL.html, you may also need to specify the search path.
This misses the point of the question.
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Hi, any plans for this? I tried cloning and modifying the project by adding OpenSSL and some OVPNDCO options in CMake, as well as setting the overlay path in my MSVC vcpkg additional options.
It compiles successfully, but I still can't connect to my OpenVPN server. Additionally, running --version does not show DCO support.
This library deserves more flexibility and serious development. Why is MbedTLS forced as the default?
(I see, still the same question.) Well, FTR the proper answer is: Use an (almost) empty overlay port for openssl. Satisfying vcpkg dependency resolution, but not providing an openssl installation.