Hi,

I have been trying to compile both Python 3.2.2, and 3.5.0 with OpenSSL 1.0.2d.

Python 3.2.2 succeeds to compile and install, but fails to load the OpenSSL module:

>>> import ssl
ld.so.1: python3.2: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0: symbol EVP_aes_128_cbc_hmac_sha256: referenced symbol not found
Killed


Python 3.5.0 fails to make install:

ld.so.1: python: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0: symbol EVP_aes_128_cbc_hmac_sha256: referenced symbol not found
*** Error code 137
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `install'


Has anyone seen this behavior?
Up to now, we have been successfully using Python 3.2.2 with OpenSSL 1.0.1j, but cannot use that version anymore due to a critical SSL security bug.


I would greatly appreciate any information on the above errors.

Regards,
Dónal

If you are concerned about security and compiling 3.2.2, I would expect you should use the latest release, 3.2.6, with several fixes including security fixes. There should be one more security release in early 2016.

I believe 3.5.0 has 1.0.2c.  I don't know our policy on supporting new versions, or exactly who handles ssl updates.

This isn't a bug in Python. The dynamic linker of your OS complains about missing symbols in a shared library that is not under control of Python.