Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] dll hell vs lib dependency hell

[Mark Brand]

Hi Lothar,

Lothar May wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just updated to the latest development
> release, and had to add 4 more dependencies in order to make PokerTH
> link (libssh2, libnettle, libgmp, libhogweed). If it continues like
> this, I'll soon be linking to half of mingw-cross-env libs :-).
Not to mention the fact that Qt depends on both openssl and gnutls..
I guess this is the price of offering so many enabled features.
> I'm not blaming anyone, this was obviously a change in gnutls
> dependencies. But in fact I do not need gnutls, I only link to it
> because I need curl, and curl may need gnutls...
Why don't you just build curl without ssl support? That should 
dramatically reduce dependencies. I would suggest maintaining your own 
slimmed-down branch of mingw-cross-env where you disable things you 
don't want or need. This is what I do. One in a while I rebase it on the 
development branch.

Mark