[asterisk-dev] Why asterisk _binary_ links with ssl?

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Denis Smirnov wrote:
> Why asterisk binary links with ssl, where only res_crypto must be linked
> with it?

On some platforms (not Linux), loadable modules cannot have their own 
library dependencies, any symbols they need to reference at load time 
must already be present in the running program they are loaded into.

On Linux, it is safe to remove this library from the link list.