axTLS: not considered fit for use

URL: https://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2018-06/0000.html

This is step one. It adds #error statements that require source edits to
make curl build again if asked to use axTLS. At a later stage we might
remove the axTLS specific code completely.

Closes #2628

diff --git a/lib/vtls/axtls.c b/lib/vtls/axtls.c
index 5ed898b4f4410dabe996f992f527d3efb8a810e3..9b4dbd59031e1dc3b229470465e7234f9fd97b2f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/vtls/axtls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/axtls.c
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 #include "curl_setup.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_AXTLS
+
+#error axTLS support has been disabled in curl due to doubts about quaility,
+#error user dedication and a lack of use/testing. We urge users to consider
+#error using a more established TLS backend instead.
+
 #include <axTLS/config.h>
 #include <axTLS/ssl.h>
 #include "axtls.h"