[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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Sat Nov 11 16:49:41 UTC 2023


#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:
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Comment (by noloader):

 Replying to [comment:104 kencu]:
 > just an observation…. the current curl port has become quite onerous
 with recursive deps on older systems lately.
 >
 > I created a “minimalcurl” port that installs libcurl with vastly fewer
 deps to install into /opt/bootstrap to trim this up for my own use.
 >
 > Perhaps if we asked nicely Ryan might feel such a subport of the curl
 port might be created.

 Wget is much easier to bootstrap than cURL. Wget has two minimal
 dependencies. Also see comment 62,
 https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51516#comment:62.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51516#comment:105>
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