[tor-bugs] #4692 [Tor Relay]: If only a working static OpenSSL is available, ./configure fails

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#4692: If only a working static OpenSSL is available, ./configure fails
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 Reporter:  sjmurdoch  |          Owner:                  
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:                  
Component:  Tor Relay  |        Version:  Tor: unspecified
 Keywords:             |         Parent:                  
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:                  
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Comment(by nickm):

 I think that the only correct way for us to support strange
 compilation/linking options longer-term is going to involve the ability to
 override our search behavior with environment options, the way that pkg-
 config autoconf stuff does.  IOW, we should check for variables like
 OPENSSL_LIBS and OPENSSL_LDFLAGS and OPENSSL_INCS, and let them override
 our automatically detected stuff.

 The attached patch can't actually work, I think: passing "-static" makes
 not only openssl but _all_ libraries get linked statically, which is not
 what --enable-static-openssl was supposed to do.

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