Sigh, I will try to build without OpenSSL… My database is seventeen years old, I don’t even remember which Postgresql I started out with... Jerry > On Feb 12, 2017, at 10:53 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jerry LeVan <jerry.levan@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Hello, I am trying to build pg 9.6.2 on my MacOS Sierra but >> configure is being balky > > Hmm, I'm not really sure why it's failing at that step --- it gets past > that for me. Possibly looking into config.log to see if there's a more > detailed error report would be illuminating. However, trying to build > against Apple's openssl libraries is a lost cause anyway, because they > removed the header files in Sierra. So it will fail when it gets to > header file checks; where it stops for me is > > checking for openssl/ssl.h... no > configure: error: header file <openssl/ssl.h> is required for OpenSSL > > AFAIK the only way forward is to install a complete OpenSSL installation > from source, or using MacPorts or brew or other tool-of-choice. > > Apple would really like people to start using their SSL infrastructure. > That handwriting has been on the wall for years, but nobody's gotten > around to writing the necessary interface logic for Postgres. > > regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
