build: OpenSSL EC detection fails on macOS #734

1. 
   fanquake commented at 8:04 am on April 9, 2020: member

   0./configure --enable-openssl-tests
   1...
   2checking for libcrypto... yes
   3checking for main in -lcrypto... yes
   4checking for EC functions in libcrypto... no
   5configure: error: OpenSSL tests requested but OpenSSL with EC support is not available
   

   config.log

   0configure:14672: checking for EC functions in libcrypto
   1configure: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
   2conftest.c:36:14: fatal error: 'openssl/ec.h' file not found
   3    #include <openssl/ec.h>
   4             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   51 error generated.
   

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

2. 
   sipa commented at 8:05 am on April 9, 2020: contributor

   Well do you have that file?
3. 
   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.

4. fanquake cross-referenced this on Apr 9, 2020 from issue build: fix OpenSSL EC detection on macOS by fanquake
5. elichai cross-referenced this on Apr 12, 2020 from issue Replace OpenSSL in cross-testing with micro-ecc(uECC) by elichai
6. jonasnick closed this on Apr 13, 2020

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