[package] openssl/1.1.1d: build from source fails on Linux

[matthewtberry]

Package and Environment Details (include every applicable attribute)

• Package Name/Version: openssl/1.1.1d
• Operating System+version: Linux CentOS 7.7.1908
• Compiler+version: GCC 7.3.1 (devtoolset-7)
• Docker image: centos:7.7.1908
• Conan version: conan 1.23.0
• Python version: Python 3.6.3

Conan profile

[settings]
os=Linux
os_build=Linux
arch=x86_64
arch_build=x86_64
compiler=gcc
compiler.version=7
compiler.libcxx=libstdc++
build_type=Release
[options]
[build_requires]
[env]

Steps to reproduce

1. Create conanfile.txt:

[requires]
openssl/1.1.1d

[generators]
cmake

2. Run conan install -r conan-center --build=openssl .

...
install ./include/openssl/x509.h -> /root/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1d/_/_/package/b781af3f476d0aa5070a0a35b544db7a3c193cc8/include/openssl/x509.h
install ./include/openssl/x509_vfy.h -> /root/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1d/_/_/package/b781af3f476d0aa5070a0a35b544db7a3c193cc8/include/openssl/x509_vfy.h
install ./include/openssl/x509err.h -> /root/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1d/_/_/package/b781af3f476d0aa5070a0a35b544db7a3c193cc8/include/openssl/x509err.h
install ./include/openssl/x509v3.h -> /root/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1d/_/_/package/b781af3f476d0aa5070a0a35b544db7a3c193cc8/include/openssl/x509v3.h
install ./include/openssl/x509v3err.h -> /root/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1d/_/_/package/b781af3f476d0aa5070a0a35b544db7a3c193cc8/include/openssl/x509v3err.h
install libcrypto.a -> /root/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1d/_/_/package/b781af3f476d0aa5070a0a35b544db7a3c193cc8/lib/libcrypto.a
install libssl.a -> /root/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1d/_/_/package/b781af3f476d0aa5070a0a35b544db7a3c193cc8/lib/libssl.a
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
make: *** [Makefile:370: install_dev] Error 1
openssl/1.1.1d:
openssl/1.1.1d: ERROR: Package 'b781af3f476d0aa5070a0a35b544db7a3c193cc8' build failed
openssl/1.1.1d: WARN: Build folder /root/.conan/data/openssl/1.1.1d/_/_/build/b781af3f476d0aa5070a0a35b544db7a3c193cc8
ERROR: openssl/1.1.1d: Error in build() method, line 596
        self._make()
while calling '_make', line 565
        self._run_make(targets=["install_sw"], parallel=False)
while calling '_run_make', line 524
        self.run(" ".join(command), win_bash=self._win_bash)
        ConanException: Error 2 while executing /opt/rh/devtoolset-7/root/usr/bin/make install_sw -j1

This seems to be an issue with passing no-shared to OpenSSL build scripts. Issue was also reported there openssl/openssl#11367

[cleeland]

Based on the sleuthing I did in the openssl bug, the recipe is strictly correct. Until the bug in openssl gets fixed, the recipe could look to see if the perl module Text::Template is installed on the system and, if it is, error out with an explanatory error message.

Something like (in bash-ese)

perl -MText::Template -e print 2>/dev/null
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
  echo "OpenSSL {VERSION} known to have build errors with system-installed Text::Template package.  Stopping."
  exit 1;
fi

Somebody more fluent in the python can convert that to recipe-ese.

This is confirmed present in both 1.1.1d and 1.1.1e.

[SSE4]

@cleeland feel free to submit a simple PR to address this. could be something like:

if self.run("perl -MText::Template -e print 2>/dev/null") != 0:
    raise ConanException("OpenSSL %s known to have build errors with system-installed Text::Template package.  Stopping." % self.version)

[madebr]

@matthewtberry
Does the problem still occur in the latest openssl version?

[matthewtberry]

@madebr
Yes, I reproduced with the following differences from the original report:

• Package Name/Version: openssl/1.1.1g
• Conan version: conan 1.29.0
• Python version: Python 3.6.8

[cleeland]

I completely missed the message from @SSE4 with suggested python code for a PR. I'll try to get to that this week.

[Mebus]

Is there some kind of workaround for this, when compiling in Msys2?

Mebus