libraries are out of order for static linking nmap-3.50

["Greg A. Woods" <woods () weird com>]

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You don't have your libraries in the right order for static linking:


g++ -L/lib -L/usr/lib -static -L/usr/pkg/lib -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib -L/usr/lib -Wl,-R/usr/lib -L/usr/pkg/lib -Lnbase 
-Lnsock/src/  -o nmap main.o nmap.o targets.o tcpip.o nmap_error.o utils.o idle_scan.o osscan.o output.o scan_engine.o 
timing.o charpool.o services.o protocols.o nmap_rpc.o portlist.o NmapOps.o TargetGroup.o Target.o FingerPrintResults.o 
service_scan.o NmapOutputTable.o -lm  -lssl -lcrypto -lnbase -lnsock -lpcre -lpcap
nsock/src//libnsock.a(nsock_ssl.o): In function `Nsock_SSL_Init':
/build/proven/package-obj/net/nmap/work/nmap-3.50/nsock/src/nsock_ssl.c:76: undefined reference to 
`SSL_load_error_strings'
/build/proven/package-obj/net/nmap/work/nmap-3.50/nsock/src/nsock_ssl.c:77: undefined reference to `SSL_library_init'
/build/proven/package-obj/net/nmap/work/nmap-3.50/nsock/src/nsock_ssl.c:84: undefined reference to 
`SSLv23_client_method'


This is on NetBSD using the latest NetBSD pkgsrc module.  My local build
environment configures most programs to all be statically linked.

The correct library order would be more like this:

        -lnbase -lnsock -lpcre -lpcap -lssl -lcrypto -lm

(the math library should almost always come last and SSL has to come
after libnsock of course)

I think the recommended fix for this problem in projects using GNU
Autoconf is to re-order the library tests in the configure.ac source
file.  I don't have an easily usable set of autoconf tools as old as are
required for use with your code so I'll leave the actual fix to you!  ;-)

(you should always test static linking on as many platforms as you can! :-)

- -- 
                                                Greg A. Woods

+1 416 218-0098                  VE3TCP            RoboHack <woods () robohack ca>
Planix, Inc. <woods () planix com>          Secrets of the Weird <woods () weird com>

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