[MacPorts] #51516: MacPorts should use a bundled copy of a newer libcurl and SSL library rather than the OS X version

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#51516: MacPorts should use a bundled copy of a newer libcurl and SSL library
rather than the OS X version
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  Reporter:  ryandesign   |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:  MacPorts Future
 Component:  base         |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:               |
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Comment (by barracuda156):

 Replying to [comment:19 ken-cunningham-webuse]:
 > I gave this a shot today. Have curl installed in /opt/local
 >
 > {{{
 >
 > $ port -v installed | grep curl
 >   curl @7.50.3_0+ssl+universal (active) platform='darwin 10' archs='i386
 x86_64'
 >   curl-ca-bundle @7.50.3_0 (active) platform='darwin 10' archs='noarch'
 > }}}
 >
 > configured and installed macports from source, upgrading an existing
 installation
 > {{{
 > ./configure --with-curlprefix=/opt/local
 > make
 > sudo make install
 > }}}
 >
 > seems to work perfectly. The recent problem downloads, like hexchat and
 git, download without trouble now.
 >
 > That's a 4-minute fix to an irritating problem.... unless you
 accidentally uninstall curl, or course...

 Apparently failing for me.


 {{{
 36-9:MacPorts-2.7.1 arjuna$ port -v installed | grep curl
   curl @7.80.0_0+ssl (active) requested_variants='' platform='darwin 9'
 archs='ppc' date='2021-11-17T08:51:29+0800'
   curl-ca-bundle @7.80.0_0 (active) requested_variants='' platform='darwin
 9' archs='noarch' date='2021-11-17T07:59:32+0800'
 36-9:MacPorts-2.7.1 arjuna$  /opt/local/libexec/mpstats submit
 Submitting data to https://ports.macports.org/statistics/submit/ ...
 Error: SSL connect error
     while executing
 "curl post "submission\[data\]=$json" $stats_url"
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51516#comment:85>
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