[Dovecot] (workaround) Re: Beginner Help with a fatal error in a first Basic Install

paul,

dovecot: Aug 18 07:06:50 Error: IMAP(paulg): dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib

i've had these same can't-find-libssl-even-though-i'm-staring-right-at-it probelms in dovecot.

after a little poking in code, i note that dovecot check first to get its ssl lib/include link info from pkg-config, and seems to get flustered by the presence of your own LDFLAGS/CPPFLAGS specification of ssl location.

that said, i've managed to work around it fairly simply.

do this:

install pkg-config (ver > 0.9; current release @ v0.21)

set your ENV var PKG_CONFIG_PATH = wherever you keep your pkg-config *.pc config files.

e.g., mine is:

% echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH

/usr/local/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/:/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

now, make sure that pkgconfig can find YOUR openssl's .pc files, by either (a) adding their location to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH, or (b) cp'ing the files into it.

in my case, i did:

cp /usr/local/openssl/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/

now, check to be sure, that

grep Version /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/openssl.pc
	Version: 0.9.8b
grep prefix /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/openssl.pc
	prefix=/usr/local/openssl

and,

pkg-config --libs openssl

reports:

-Wl,-search_paths_first -L/usr/local/openssl/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lssl

-lcrypto -lz

or whatever is appropriate for your ssl install path.

finally, REMOVE ssl lib/include specs from your config ENV, namely:

---	LDFLAGS=" ... /install/path/to/openssl/lib -lssl -lcrypto ..."
---	CPPFLAGS+"... /install/path/to/openssl/include ..."

gets changed to:

+++	LDFLAGS=" ... ..."
+++	CPPFLAGS+"... ..."

now, 'make distclean', reconfig & rebuild ... and your "ssl not-found" problems should go away.

hth,

richard