Re: suddenly many ports fail to configure/build

From: Marcin Cieslak <saper_at_saper.info>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:25:35 UTC
On Sat, 29 Aug 2026, Craig Leres wrote:

> I have a 15.1 system that builds ~1500 ports nightly. Today I find that a 
> handful no longer configure/build. For example:
>
> ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libssl.so.17" not found, required by "openssl"

> zinc 13 @ ls -l /usr/local/lib/libssl.so.17
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 1048504 Aug 29 06:12 /usr/local/lib/libssl.so.17

What does the following say:

ldconfig -r | egrep 'lib(ssl|crypto)'

Maybe rebuilding ldconfig cache helps?

Marcin