static Tor building against openssl-1.1.1 fails: configure unable to find linkable OpenSSL

Trying to cross build static Tor on Linux with mingw (to use on Windows-x86). It seems configure cannot find OpenSSL if its version is not 1.0.2. Tried openssl-1.1.0 and openssl-1.1.1, and also different Tor versions from 0.3.5.XX to 0.4.0.5 and 0.4.1.5. Building against openssl-1.0.2 works.

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changed milestone to %Tor: 0.4.4.x-final

added 043-should 1.1.1 backport component::core tor/tor milestone::Tor: 0.4.4.x-final mingw openssl priority::medium reporter::shredder severity::normal static status::needs-information tor type::defect labels

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buildenv.txt

building environment exports

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Milestone: N/A to Tor: unspecified
Version: Tor: unspecified to N/A

I'm told by somebody on irc today that openssl 1.0.2 is now unsupported. So the folks trying to maintain "static Tor binary on Windows" build scripts, such as https://gitlab.com/euphrosyne/tor-mingw/blob/master/guide are now out of options.

I wonder how rbm solves this one; I'm cc'ing boklm to find out. Maybe it's simply by not making it that static.

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It might help enormously to have the config.log outputs from running the configure script in both cases: once with 1.0.2 and once with 1.1.1.

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Milestone: Tor: unspecified to Tor: 0.4.3.x-final
Keywords: mingw deleted, mingw 043-should backport added

Replying to arma:

I wonder how rbm solves this one; I'm cc'ing boklm to find out. Maybe it's simply by not making it that static.

Yes, in Tor Browser, tor is dynamically linked to openssl, so we don't have this issue.

It would help here to have the contents of config.log after successfully finding openssl-1.0.2 for a static build, and the contents of config.log after failing to find openssl-1.1.1 for a static build.

(Please compress before uploading)

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Thanks arma for keeping this ticket "alive".

The original guide where the compilation succeeds (up to openssl 1.0.2u) is hosted here: https://git.ikrypto.club/d3vzer0/my_guides/src/master/tor-static-mingw.txt https://git.ikrypto.club/d3vzer0/test_lab/src/master/config_with_openssl_1_0_2_u.tar.gz

The failing guide using openssl 1.1.1e is here: https://git.ikrypto.club/d3vzer0/test_lab/src/master/failing_guide_openssl_1_1_1_e.txt https://git.ikrypto.club/d3vzer0/test_lab/src/master/config_with_openssl_1_1_1_e.tar.gz

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There's a work-in-progress patch for this issue at #33624 (moved)

0.4.3 was released: Move non merge-ready 0.4.3 tickets to 044.

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Milestone: Tor: 0.4.3.x-final to Tor: 0.4.4.x-final

mentioned in issue #33624 (moved)

moved to tpo/core/tor#31565 (closed)

mentioned in issue tpo/core/tor#33624 (closed)