dovecot @1.2.7: error building, openssl issue

[razvand (Razvan Deaconescu)]

When installing dovecot, I get an error pointing out to an OpenSSL version update that it can't link against. The command and output I get are:

razvan@jotunn:~$ sudo port install dovecot
--->  Computing dependencies for dovecot
--->  Building dovecot
Error: Failed to build dovecot: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_mail_dovecot/dovecot/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port dovecot failed

The error lines in the log file are:

:info:build ssl-proxy-openssl.c:762:38: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct x509_store_ctx_st'
:info:build                 subject = X509_get_subject_name(ctx->current_cert);
:info:build                                                 ~~~^
:info:build /opt/local/include/openssl/ossl_typ.h:128:16: note: forward declaration of 'struct x509_store_ctx_st'
:info:build typedef struct x509_store_ctx_st X509_STORE_CTX;
:info:build                ^
:info:build ssl-proxy-openssl.c:766:75: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct x509_store_ctx_st'
:info:build                         i_info("Invalid certificate: %s: %s", X509_verify_cert_error_string(ctx->error),buf);
:info:build                                                                                             ~~~^
:info:build /opt/local/include/openssl/ossl_typ.h:128:16: note: forward declaration of 'struct x509_store_ctx_st'
:info:build typedef struct x509_store_ctx_st X509_STORE_CTX;

I tried removing openssl @1.1.1c_0 (and use openssl @1.0.2* but that leads to many other ports being uninstalled.

I'm using Mac OS X 10.15.6, build 18G95.

[razvand (Razvan Deaconescu)]

Dovecot build log

[mnott]

Similar Problem on Catalina

[mnott]

Problem persists on MacOS Catalina. A clean install of macports, then install dovecot => same error.

[yan12125 (Chih-Hsuan Yen)]

Maybe newer dovecot2 can fit your needs? dovecot is a legacy port providing dovecot 1.x, which receives no updates since 8 years ago (1).

(1) ​https://dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2.

[razvand (Razvan Deaconescu)]

Thanks for your answer. In installed dovecot2 and uninstalled dovecot. It works now.