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Automatically use OpenSSL by default on Linux and FreeBSD if available Since https is almost ubiquitous nowadays we should support it by default whenever possible. When building our own curl, we already automatically enable SSL/TLS support on Windows and OS X by using the OS-native APIs. On UNIX platforms we need to use OpenSSL but have not done so by default before, leading to possible user confusion when https transfers fail later. Fix this by searching for OpenSSL quietly and enabling use of it automatically if it is found. Do this only on Linux and FreeBSD for now because on other UNIX platforms (e.g. AIX, HP-UX, SunOS) it seems too easy to find an OpenSSL that is not compatible with the target compiler.
2016-02-26 22:19:51 +03:00
enable-ssl-automatically
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* On Linux and FreeBSD platforms, when building CMake itself from source and
not using a system-provided libcurl, OpenSSL is now used by default if it is
found on the system. This enables SSL/TLS support for commands supporting
network communication via ``https``, such as :command:`file(DOWNLOAD)`,
:command:`file(UPLOAD)`, and :command:`ctest_submit`.