I'm in the process of installing Alpine 2.25 on MacOS 11.6.1. Where openssl (>= 1.0.0c) is needed, I seem to have LibreSSL 2.8.3, presumably pre-installed with MacOS. Can LibreSSL be used? I'm wary of getting involved with HomeBrew or installing a competing version of openssl.

In detail:

`./configure` output ends:

```
checking Openssl library version >= 1.0.0c... configure: error: Install openssl version >= 1.0.0c
```

But then I query:

```
$ openssl version
LibreSSL 2.8.3
```

So apparently LibreSSL is not being recognized as openssl.

Thanks in advance,

- dpb

On Thu, 16 Dec 2021, d...@brannerchinese.com wrote:

> I'm in the process of installing Alpine 2.25 on MacOS 11.6.1. Where openssl (>= 1.0.0c) is needed, I seem to have LibreSSL 2.8.3, presumably pre-installed with MacOS. Can LibreSSL be used? I'm wary of getting involved with HomeBrew or installing a competing version of openssl.
>
> In detail:
>
> `./configure` output ends:
>
> ```
> checking Openssl library version >= 1.0.0c... configure: error: Install openssl version >= 1.0.0c
> ```
>
> But then I query:
>
> ```
> $ openssl version
> LibreSSL 2.8.3
> ```
>
> So apparently LibreSSL is not being recognized as openssl.

Dear Dpb,

The reason why you are getting this error is probably because you have not
yet installed the header files for Libressl, so install those first, and
recompile Alpine. In my opensuse distribution this is an independent
package of the binary, and it is called a "-dev" package. I hope this
helps you to find the correct package you need to install.

Thank you.

--
Eduardo
https://tinyurl.com/yc377wlh (web)
http://repo.or.cz/alpine.git (Git)

Thanks. I find the libressl-2.8.3 sourcecode at https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/.

It appears to me that the only C headers there, not already in the libressl directory of Alpine 2.25, are:

* openssl/hkdf.h
* pqueue.h
* all those in compat/ and its subdirectories

I take it those are the header files you mean?

- dpb

On Fri, 17 Dec 2021, d...@brannerchinese.com wrote:

> Thanks. I find the libressl-2.8.3 sourcecode at https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/.
>
> It appears to me that the only C headers there, not already in the libressl directory of Alpine 2.25, are:
>
> * openssl/hkdf.h
> * pqueue.h
> * all those in compat/ and its subdirectories
>
> I take it those are the header files you mean?

No, there are a few headers that are installed. Take a look at the output
of the command "ls -R openssl" in the /usr/include directory

/usr/include> ls -R openssl/
openssl/:
aes.h cms.h ecdsa.h md5.h rand_drbg.h stack.h
asn1err.h comperr.h ecerr.h mdc2.h randerr.h storeerr.h
asn1.h comp.h ec.h modes.h rand.h store.h
asn1_mac.h conf_api.h engineerr.h objectserr.h rc2.h symhacks.h
asn1t.h conferr.h engine.h objects.h rc4.h tls1.h
asyncerr.h conf.h e_os2.h obj_mac.h rc5.h tserr.h
async.h cryptoerr.h err.h ocsperr.h ripemd.h ts.h
bioerr.h crypto.h evperr.h ocsp.h rsaerr.h txt_db.h
bio.h cterr.h evp.h opensslconf.h rsa.h uierr.h
blowfish.h ct.h fips.h opensslv.h safestack.h ui.h
bnerr.h des.h fips_rand.h ossl_typ.h seed.h whrlpool.h
bn.h dherr.h hmac.h pem2.h sha.h x509err.h
buffererr.h dh.h idea.h pemerr.h srp.h x509.h
buffer.h dsaerr.h kdferr.h pem.h srtp.h x509v3err.h
camellia.h dsa.h kdf.h pkcs12err.h ssl2.h x509v3.h
cast.h dtls1.h lhash.h pkcs12.h ssl3.h x509_vfy.h
cmac.h ebcdic.h md2.h pkcs7err.h sslerr.h
cmserr.h ecdh.h md4.h pkcs7.h ssl.h

These header files are installed as part of the "dev" package. Please
investigate what is appropriate for you. Alpine works well with openssl
and libressl, so once you install these files, you should be ready to
build Alpine.

If you are going to build Libressl, execute the "sudo make install"
command after compiling it.

--
Eduardo
https://tinyurl.com/yc377wlh (web)
http://repo.or.cz/alpine.git (Git)

On 17/12/2021 23.46, d...@brannerchinese.com wrote:
> Thanks. I find the libressl-2.8.3 sourcecode at https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/.
>
> It appears to me that the only C headers there, not already in the libressl directory of Alpine 2.25, are:
>
> * openssl/hkdf.h
> * pqueue.h
> * all those in compat/ and its subdirectories
>
> I take it those are the header files you mean?

No, the header files are "generated" while you build the libressl.
I think you need to install the "Developers Tools" or use homebrew.

--

//Aho

According to d...@brannerchinese.com <dpb@brannerchinese.com>:
>I'm in the process of installing Alpine 2.25 on MacOS 11.6.1. Where openssl (>= 1.0.0c) is needed, I seem to have LibreSSL 2.8.3, presumably
>pre-installed with MacOS. Can LibreSSL be used? I'm wary of getting involved with HomeBrew or installing a competing version of openssl.

>So apparently LibreSSL is not being recognized as openssl.

I had to install openssl from macports to get Alpine to compile. Once I did, it works fine.

--
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly

J.O. Aho wrote:

> On 17/12/2021 23.46, d...@brannerchinese.com wrote:
>> Thanks. I find the libressl-2.8.3 sourcecode at https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/.
>>
>> It appears to me that the only C headers there, not already in the libressl directory of Alpine 2.25, are:
>>
>> * openssl/hkdf.h
>> * pqueue.h
>> * all those in compat/ and its subdirectories
>>
>> I take it those are the header files you mean?
>
> No, the header files are "generated" while you build the libressl.
> I think you need to install the "Developers Tools" or use homebrew.

MacPorts.

B. Alabay