Re: configure can't find libcrypto on MacOS Sierra for pg 9.6.2

Sigh,

I will try to build without OpenSSL…

My database is seventeen years old, I don’t even remember
which Postgresql I started out with...

Jerry

> On Feb 12, 2017, at 10:53 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Jerry LeVan <jerry(dot)levan(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Hello, I am trying to build pg 9.6.2 on my MacOS Sierra but
>> configure is being balky
>
> Hmm, I'm not really sure why it's failing at that step --- it gets past
> that for me. Possibly looking into config.log to see if there's a more
> detailed error report would be illuminating. However, trying to build
> against Apple's openssl libraries is a lost cause anyway, because they
> removed the header files in Sierra. So it will fail when it gets to
> header file checks; where it stops for me is
>
> checking for openssl/ssl.h... no
> configure: error: header file <openssl/ssl.h> is required for OpenSSL
>
> AFAIK the only way forward is to install a complete OpenSSL installation
> from source, or using MacPorts or brew or other tool-of-choice.
>
> Apple would really like people to start using their SSL infrastructure.
> That handwriting has been on the wall for years, but nobody's gotten
> around to writing the necessary interface logic for Postgres.
>
> regards, tom lane