Re: [Nmh-workers] Starting the final call for features for 1.7

[Tom Lane]

Lyndon Nerenberg <address@hidden> writes:
> This seems more like a package builder error:

>  checking for SSL_library_init in -lssl... no
>  configure: error: OpenSSL library not found
>  debian/rules:24: recipe for target 'build-stamp' failed

Actually, no: OpenSSL 1.1.0 made that function into a macro.  They
don't seem to particularly care about ABI compatibility.

The Postgres project has been dealing with this mess over the last few
weeks :-(.  See here and here:

https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=593d4e47db7af1a3a5dd6b6b1971f181b5566dbd
https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=5c6df67e0c961f68e73e7c1e6312211ed59da00a

nmh's pain points will be a bit different, but you will have some.

                        regards, tom lane