Request: libcurl

[pvonmoradi]

Please consider adding libcurl (in a way that can be built for windows from linux (cross-platform)).
Thanks

[tristan957]

@pvonmoradi have you tried the external project module? I use it for libcurl in my project, and I would be happy to share what I have written. Though, libcurl using Meson would definitely be better.

[pvonmoradi]

@tristan957 I use it like curl_dep = dependency('libcurl') (it needs libcurl to be installed on system). This works for linux but I don't think I can cross-compile to Windows with this.

I'm not blocked by this issue though. So feel free to close it if adding it is too much work.

[tristan957]

Check this out:

• https://github.com/hse-project/hse/blob/master/subprojects/packagefiles/curl/meson.build
• https://github.com/hse-project/hse/blob/master/subprojects/curl.wrap

[eli-schwartz]

It's on my bucket list to port libcurl anyway.

I even got far enough to define meson_options.txt for it ;) but -ENOTIME.

Upstream's cmake is officially a mess though, so they might welcome a Meson port...

[tristan957]

Do they even have plans to drop autotools?

[UnixY2K]

As a workaround you could install curl using vcpkg so you don´t have any issues with the windows build, I did that with some test projects
Edit: I also think that having a curl wrap should be better