build: OpenSSL EC detection fails on macOS #734

issue fanquake opened this issue on April 9, 2020

fanquake commented at 8:04 AM on April 9, 2020: member

./configure --enable-openssl-tests
...
checking for libcrypto... yes
checking for main in -lcrypto... yes
checking for EC functions in libcrypto... no
configure: error: OpenSSL tests requested but OpenSSL with EC support is not available

config.log

configure:14672: checking for EC functions in libcrypto
configure:14696: gcc -c -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -std=c89 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-align -Wnested-externs -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-unused-function -Wno-long-long -Wno-overlength-strings -W -g  conftest.c >&5
conftest.c:36:14: fatal error: 'openssl/ec.h' file not found
    #include <openssl/ec.h>
             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.

I can PR a fix shortly if no-one beats me to it.

sipa commented at 8:05 AM on April 9, 2020: contributor

Well do you have that file?
fanquake commented at 8:09 AM on April 9, 2020: member

Well do you have that file?

Yes, but it needs to come from the brew installed OpenSSL. Which isn't being used during this check.
jonasnick closed this on Apr 13, 2020

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#735 build: fix OpenSSL EC detection on macOS #738 Replace OpenSSL in cross-testing with micro-ecc(uECC)