Re: CMake support into libssh-0.8.7-1 is broken.

[Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com>]

On 14.01.2022 23:30, Carlo B. wrote:
> Hello,
> I discovered that CMake support into current libssh-0.8.7-1 is broken.
> After you installed the development package, you just need to add this
> line into a dummy CMakeLists.txt:
> 
> 
> find_package(libssh)
> 
> 
> and into the console you will read:
> 
> 
> CMake Error at /usr/lib/cmake/libssh/libssh-config.cmake:21 (message):
>    File or directory /usr/lib/cygssh.dll referenced by variable
>    LIBSSH_LIBRARIES does not exist !
> 
> 
> The error is correct because, if you open
> /usr/lib/cmake/libssh/libssh-config.cmake, you will see this code:
> 
> 
> if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt")
>      # In tree build
>      set_and_check(LIBSSH_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include")
>      set_and_check(LIBSSH_LIBRARIES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/lib/cygssh.dll")
> else()
>      set_and_check(LIBSSH_INCLUDE_DIR "${PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/include")
>      set_and_check(LIBSSH_LIBRARIES "${PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/lib/cygssh.dll")
> endif()
> 
> 
> which is wrong since the right value for LIBSSH_LIBRARIES should be
> "${PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/bin/cygssh-4.dll" or
> "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/bin/cygssh-4.dll".
> After that, I downloaded the latest stable libssh-0.9.6, I tried to
> build it but it crashes with an internal GCC error at compile time:
> 
> 
> during RTL pass: final
> /home/Carlo/libssh-0.9.6/src/sftp.c: In function ‘sftp_packet_read’:
> /home/Carlo/libssh-0.9.6/src/sftp.c:549:1: internal compiler error: in
> i386_pe_seh_unwind_emit, at config/i386/winnt.c:1275
>    549 | }
>        | ^
> 
> 
> So, I downloaded the latest sources from the repository: GCC still
> emits an internal compiler error, but only when building the examples.
> So I configured with -DWITH_EXAMPLES=OFF and I got the base library
> compiled.
> Here, I verified that the macros for CMake are generated correctly
> with the right names and paths.
> 
> Is it possible to fix or update this package?
> Thank you very much for your time.
> 
> Sincerely.
> 

noted

Regards
Marco