[CMake] Building cmake: why is openssl linked?

[Jean-Michaël Celerier]

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/ExternalProject.html

since CMake can download stuff, it needs to support https, hence SSL, hence
OpenSSL

Best,

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Jean-Michaël Celerier
http://www.jcelerier.name

On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 12:15 AM, Paul Smith <paul at mad-scientist.net> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I build CMake myself.  I've noticed that on GNU/Linux by default cmake
> will be linked with openssl and require these shared libraries to be
> available at runtime.
>
> Why does cmake link with these libraries?  I can't think of a reason it
> might need them.  What do I lose in functionality if I force
> CMAKE_USE_OPENSSL to OFF during the build?
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