Openssl-3.2.1 - Building for Tru64

[Mark Butt]

Good Day!

I am trying to build openssl-3.2.1 for an AlphaServer 4100 running Tru64 5.1b-6 as part of a side project that I am working on.  I noticed that Tru64 is still in the list of build combos.
I issued the following command:
./config tru64-alpha-cc
No errors, everything went fine.

Next I issued make.  After a while, an error is encountered [section A] noted below.  I think the interesting part is -> ar: Error: crypto/bn/libcrypto-lib-alpha-mont.o cannot open <-  I can confirm that this is file is not present anywhere on the server, but the .S is.

Out of curiosity, I tried openssl-1.1.1w, it fails for the same reason, but the path and error are slightly different.  

My second attempt was including the no-asm flag.  While I couldn’t find any direct results for the problem I was having, my Google searches kept return results that mentioned this as a workaround for similar-ish problem.  After running make, it eventually died complaining about a .so :  see below [section B].

Third attempt was with both the -no-asm and -no-shared flags, this too was not successful : [section C].

After a bit more reading and web-searching… I also tried ./config -shared -thread tru64-alpha-cc before issuing make. [section D].

Alpha is a dead architecture, but I thought I would at least reach out to see if someone with more knowledge than myself might be able to see the problem and know if it’s something relatively easy to fix or work around. 

I have gcc 4.4.7 and 4.7.4 available if you think that would have better luck.  I can live with the performance penalty of gcc compiled code on Alpha but would prefer to avoid it.  I am using GNU make. I completely removed the source tree and re-extracted between each attempt.

I did see the line in the notes about setting -rpath but I am unsure if this is my problem and if it is, what I should set. 

Thanks for whatever help you can provide.
-M

**** output from make [section A] ****

ar: Error: crypto/bn/libcrypto-lib-alpha-mont.o cannot open
Makefile:7351: recipe for target 'libcrypto.a' failed
make[1]: *** [libcrypto.a] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/u01/software/source/openssl/openssl-3.2.1'
Makefile:1642: recipe for target 'build_sw' failed
make: *** [build_sw] Error 2

**** End [section A] ****

**** output from make [section B] ****

Makefile:10125: recipe for target 'providers/legacy.so' failed
make[1]: *** [providers/legacy.so] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/u01/software/source/openssl/openssl-3.2.1'
Makefile:1640: recipe for target 'build_sw' failed
make: *** [build_sw] Error 2

**** End [section B] ****

**** output from make [section C] ****

Makefile:6650: recipe for target 'providers/legacy.so' failed
make[1]: *** [providers/legacy.so] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/u01/software/source/openssl/openssl-3.2.1'
Makefile:1638: recipe for target 'build_sw' failed
make: *** [build_sw] Error 2

**** End [section C] ****

**** output from make [section D] ****

Makefile:3323: recipe for target 'apps/lib/libapps-lib-app_libctx.o' failed
make[1]: *** [apps/lib/libapps-lib-app_libctx.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Makefile:3325: recipe for target 'apps/lib/libapps-lib-app_params.o' failed
make[1]: *** [apps/lib/libapps-lib-app_params.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/u01/software/source/openssl/openssl-3.2.1'
Makefile:1642: recipe for target 'build_sw' failed
make: *** [build_sw] Error 2

**** End [section D] ****
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