From: Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
To: "Alexis Lothoré" <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
Cc: buildroot@buildroot.org,
Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com>
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/qt5: relax openssl constraint to allow compatible implementations
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:06:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <apNJvp4qRblpoJuk@windsurf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260821-qt5_allow_other_openssl_implementations-v2-1-7f3f82c610ca@bootlin.com>
On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 07:11:42PM +0200, Alexis Lothoré via buildroot wrote:
> Qt5 can be built with or without openssl support. Following some build
> failures, commit a94d39d693d8 ("package/qt5: fix build failure due to
> libressl use") enforced libopenssl as the only valid implementation for
> Qt5 openssl support.
>
> While this solution is fine to filter between the two openssl variants
> officially supported by Buildroot, it prevents users bringing their own
> OpenSSL implementations (through the virtual package mechanism) from
> building Qt5 with openssl support, even if the custom implementation
> matches the expected OpenSSL API.
>
> Allow compatible external implementations to be provided for Qt5 openssl
> support. Relax the constraint by partially reverting a94d39d693d8 and
> checking that the selected openssl implementation isn't libressl. It
> then becomes up to users to ensure that the implementation they are
> providing is fully compatible with libopenssl's. Some qt5
> sub-packages enforce BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL, they don't
> need any update as it does not really strictly select libopenssl, it
> rather prevents libressl, so it still allows custom providers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
Applied to next, thanks!
Thomas
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2026-08-21 17:11 [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/qt5: relax openssl constraint to allow compatible implementations Alexis Lothoré via buildroot
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