[strongSwan-dev] [PATCH] libcharon/vici: install libvici.h header

[Matthew Weber]

Andreas, all,

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 3:01 PM Matthew Weber
<matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 10:09 AM Matt Weber
> <matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Paresh Chaudhary <paresh.chaudhary at rockwellcollins.com>
> >
> > Install "libvici.h" if --with-dev-headers is configured.
> > Strongswan currently installs other development headers using
> > this method.
> >
> > The libvici plugin provides a stable low-level C API to
> > exchange messages using the VICI protocol. This allows a user
> > to write standalone applications based on 'libvici' functions,
> > 'libvici.h' header file is required to link all functions at
> > compile time.
> >
> > Original discussion and commit:
> > https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/repository/revisions/01c2b62362df88a03c53b748bb4e88631410f326
> >
>
> I should have asked this question when sending that patch.  That
> commit was never pulled into their master and is currently hanging out
> on a libvici-dev-header branch.  Is there any reason it couldn't be
> merged in?
>
> This discussion seemed to support adding this feature
> https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2015-September/008777.html
>

Wondering what direction I should take with this patch,  I'm making
this update for a distro's (Buildroot) version of Strongswan and would
like to merge this upstream if possible.  If not, I can document why
and we'll carry the patch.

Thanks!
Matt