New subject: [Issue 10555] When configuring from static libcrypto.a and libssl.a, it errors: can't find openssl. To fix openssl static linking, just add -lpthread to the linker.

4 Aug 2026


      https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10555
Issue ID: 10555
           Summary: When configuring from static libcrypto.a and libssl.a,
                    it errors: can't find openssl. To fix openssl static
                    linking, just add -lpthread to the linker.
           Product: OpenLDAP
           Version: 2.6.13
          Hardware: x86_64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: needs_review
          Severity: normal
          Priority: ---
         Component: build
          Assignee: bugs@openldap.org
          Reporter: bee@mailsac.com
  Target Milestone: ---
I am a newbie. Took 2 days to talk with ChatGPT and Gemini to analyze,
configure, and config.log files.
When configuring from static libcrypto.a and libssl.a, it errors: can't find
openssl.
To fix openssl static linking, just add -lpthread to the linker.
./configure \
  --prefix=$HOME \
  --enable-static \
  --disable-shared \
  --disable-debug \
  --disable-dynamic \
  --disable-syslog \
  --disable-local \
  --disable-slapd \
  --enable-ipv6 \
  --with-tls=openssl \
  --without-cyrus-sasl \
  --without-systemd \
  --without-fetch \
  --without-threads \
  --without-yielding-select \
  --without-mp \
  --without-odbc \
  --without-argon2 \
  LIBS="-lpthread"        # add -lpthread to fix openssl static linking
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[Issue 10555] New: When configuring from static libcrypto.a and libssl.a, it errors: can't find openssl. To fix openssl static linking, just add -lpthread to the linker.