ssmtp fails to link with the gold linker because it requires that all libraries that are used be explicitly passed to the linker with the -l flag. In particular, the following error occurs during linking: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -L/build/x86-generic/lib -L/build/x86-generic/usr/lib -o ssmtp ssmtp.o arpadate.o base64.o xgethostname.o -lssl -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_SYSLOG_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DRETSIGTYPE=void -DHAVE_VPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_GETHOSTNAME=1 -DHAVE_SOCKET=1 -DHAVE_STRDUP=1 -DHAVE_STRNDUP=1 -DHAVE_STRSTR=1 -DREWRITE_DOMAIN=1 -DHAVE_SSL=1 -DSSMTPCONFDIR=\"/etc/ssmtp\" -DCONFIGURATION_FILE=\"/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf\" -DREVALIASES_FILE=\"/etc/ssmtp/revaliases\" -O2 -pipe -march=core2 -mtune=generic -mfpmath=sse -I/build/x86-generic/usr/include/ -I/build/x86-generic/include/ -gstabs /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/ld: ssmtp.o: in function smtp_open:ssmtp.c(.text+0x1cf9): error: undefined reference to 'X509_free' This can be fixed by passing the crypto library explicitly when the ssl library is used. See patch attached. Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 247668 [details] patch to make ssmtp link with gold
Sorry forgot to close this as it's fixed with -r8.
