I got curious and decided to take a look, and well, it appears setup.py has issues. I posted an issue in gitlab about it: https://gitlab.com/m2crypto/m2crypto/issues/184 In message <slrnotrdim.lq.mcepl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:12:38 +0200, Matěj Cepl <mcepl@xxxxxxx> said: mcepl> On 2017-10-10, 21:17 GMT, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL wrote: mcepl> > I have to report that this M2Crypto release is broken, as it mcepl> > cannot find OpenSSL installed in /opt/local (apologies for mcepl> > spamming multiple lists and people): mcepl> mcepl> Feel free to file a ticket on mcepl> https://gitlab.com/m2crypto/m2crypto/issues , no need to use mcepl> mailing lists for issue tracker, when we have a proper one. mcepl> I work on M2Crypto right now, so I see them immediately. mcepl> mcepl> To your real problem: does --openssl set to /opt/local help? If mcepl> you run mcepl> mcepl> python setup.py clean build --openssl /opt/local mcepl> mcepl> what happens? What is the generated swig line (which version you mcepl> use?), and what are the two compiler lines (one for compilation, mcepl> other for linking)? mcepl> mcepl> > /usr/bin/clang -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -pipe mcepl> mcepl> I have made so far all my testing with GCC (on Linux, there are mcepl> some users on Mac OS X, so I guess CLang should work as well, mcepl> but I have never tested it myself). mcepl> mcepl> > -Os -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes mcepl> > -I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 mcepl> > -I/private/tmp/pip-build-lqb2R6/M2Crypto/SWIG -c mcepl> > SWIG/_m2crypto_wrap.c -o mcepl> > build/temp.macosx-10.12-x86_64-2.7/SWIG/_m2crypto_wrap.o mcepl> > -Wno-deprecated-declarations mcepl> > SWIG/_m2crypto_wrap.c:2894:9: warning: variable 'res' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized] mcepl> > if (PyType_Ready(tp) < 0) mcepl> > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mcepl> > SWIG/_m2crypto_wrap.c:2918:10: note: uninitialized use occurs here mcepl> > return res; mcepl> > ^~~ mcepl> > SWIG/_m2crypto_wrap.c:2894:5: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false mcepl> > if (PyType_Ready(tp) < 0) mcepl> > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mcepl> > SWIG/_m2crypto_wrap.c:2875:10: note: initialize the variable 'res' to silence this warning mcepl> > int res; mcepl> > ^ mcepl> > = 0 mcepl> mcepl> Just to note that this particular piece of code is generated mcepl> completely by swig, I have nothing to do with it. mcepl> mcepl> > SWIG/_m2crypto_wrap.c:3554:10: fatal error: 'openssl/err.h' file not found mcepl> > #include <openssl/err.h> mcepl> > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mcepl> > 1 warning and 1 error generated. mcepl> > error: command '/usr/bin/clang' failed with exit status 1 mcepl> mcepl> Where do you actually have err.h? Manually settings CFLAGS and mcepl> LDFLAGS should be followed by seutp.py, it can help as mcepl> a workaround, but my dream is that plain settings of --openssl mcepl> parameter should be sufficient. mcepl> mcepl> Feel free to continue here, on on the issue tracker. mcepl> mcepl> Best, mcepl> mcepl> Matěj Cepl mcepl> -- mcepl> http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/, Jabber: mcepl<at>ceplovi.cz mcepl> GPG Finger: 3C76 A027 CA45 AD70 98B5 BC1D 7920 5802 880B C9D8 mcepl> mcepl> Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, mcepl> like bread, remade all the time, made new. mcepl> -- Ursula K. LeGuin mcepl> mcepl> -- openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users