libcrypto.so.7 not found, needed (?) for X server

[James Lodge]

>I just updated FreeBSD-current to r294248, and can no longer startx.

>Error message is

>xauth:  file /home/arlene/.serverauth.1177 does not exist

>Shared object "libcrypto.so.7" not found, required by "X"
>xinit: giving up
>xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
>xinit: server error

>There is /usr/lib/libcrypto.so but notlibcrypto.so.7.

>I also looked in /usr/local/lib, no libcrypto... files.

>Now I run

>pkg info -f xserver and get

>root at amelia:~ # pkg info -f xserver
>Shared object "libssl.so.7" not found, required by "pkg"

>What happened here?  Bug in new FreeBSD?

> uname -a shows

>FreeBSD amelia 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #10 r294248: Mon Jan 18 11:28:40 UTC 2016     >root at amelia:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SANDY11NC  amd64

>Tom

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I had exactly the same issue with 11.0-CURRENT r294227, libssl.so.7 missing. I ended up building OpenSSL from ports to resolve.....Probably not the answer, but a work around.