Is there any way to building static Qt with static OpenSSL?

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Is there any way to building static Qt with static OpenSSL?

Sure, you need to use the following option when configuring Qt:

-openssl-linked

The reason is that QtNetwork uses the QLibrary class by default for dynamically opening the library to get the necessary symbols.

This is the option to tell Qt not to do so, and respect the the normal linkage rules.

That being said, it is not recommended to use static linkage for openssl if security updates need to be available for the end user without your involvement. Consider that for a moment what happens if you are gone, not working on this project anymore, etc.

Also, this setup is not tested frequently, so you may actually encounter some issues that should be fixed upstream, but this is solution design for the use case in question.

Disclaimer: since SO is about programming, I am ignoring the licensing consequences for static linking againt Qt, so I would just like to quickly remind that you that be aware of the proper usage not to get into legal troubles.

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