Re: CRT-libs on MSVC

[Gisle Vanem <gvanem () broadpark no>]

"David Fifield" <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:

> It looks like it was r8507 in 2008. nmap.vcxproj uses /MD
> (Multi-threaded DLL) in Release configuration and /MTd (Multi-threaded
> debug) in Debug configuration. (Right-click the project, Properties,
> C/C++, Code Generation, Runtime Library.)

Ok. I assumed both release/debug used the same base "model". A
bit strange to use '/MD' and '/MTd' for release/debug. But as you
say ..

> In Release mode we do use /MD, I think specifically because of OpenSSL.

I think the reason for this is long forgotten and not an issue anymore. 
According to OpenSSL FAQ on the "applink" + '/MD' issue things changed 
in ver. 0.9.8. Which is some time ago. Also see:
 http://openssl.6102.n7.nabble.com/applink-c-OPENSSL-Applink-small-C-snippet-td38890.html

> I don't remember what the purpose of applink is, you'll have to search
> the commit logs.

I've briefly read the applink.c/uplink.c sources in OpenSSL. It's just a hack 
not needed anymore for the conditions nmap requires. I.e. since MingW 
doesn't seems to supported in nmap, is it not safe to assume all components
are built with the compiler (MSVC)? 

A short test here w/o applink.c in ncat_ssl.c shows no errors:

shell-1: ncat --ssl --exec="cmd /c dir" -kvl localhost 80
shell-2: curl -vk  https://localhost:80/

gives correct output.

--gv

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