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

On 02/12/2017 12:39 PM, Jerry LeVan wrote:
> Sigh,
>
> I will try to build without OpenSSL…

Of course there is another option, prebuilt binaries:

https://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx/

>
> 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
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