arduino-esp32's WiFiClientSecure/ssl_client.cpp wraps its ENTIRE body
(start_ssl_client, ssl_init, send_ssl_data, ...) in
#if !defined(MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE_SOME_PSK_ENABLED) ... #else <body> #endif
ESP-IDF's mbedtls defaults the PSK key-exchange modes OFF, so the object
compiled empty and any sketch using WiFiClientSecure — including
HTTPClient.begin(url), which links the secure client even for http:// —
failed to link with "undefined reference to start_ssl_client". Commenting
out begin() let the optimizer drop the unused client, which is why it
"compiled when commented".
- sdkconfig.defaults.in: enable the PSK key-exchange ciphersuites
(CONFIG_MBEDTLS_PSK_MODES + the four KEY_EXCHANGE_*PSK), matching
arduino-esp32's own sdkconfig.
- espidf_compiler: ESP-IDF only seeds sdkconfig from sdkconfig.defaults when
sdkconfig is ABSENT. Persistent build dirs live in the build volume and
keep a stale sdkconfig across image rebuilds, so the new CONFIG_* would
never reach kconfig. Drop the generated sdkconfig when the rendered
defaults change so it re-seeds on configure.
- test: assert the rendered sdkconfig enables PSK.
Verified end-to-end: the reported WiFi+HTTPClient sketch now compiles to a
1.1 MB binary (was a hard link error before).