INSTALL.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ installed on your system.
 Here's a list of dependencies needed for PyBitmessage
 - python2.7
 - python2-qt4 (python-qt4 on Debian/Ubuntu)
-- openssl
+- openssl 1.0
 - (Fedora & Redhat only) openssl-compat-bitcoin-libs 
 
 ##Running PyBitmessage

src/depends.py

@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ def check_openssl():
     import re
     if re.match(r'linux|darwin|freebsd', sys.platform):
         try:
-            import ctypes.util
+            from pyelliptic.find_library_version import find_library_version
-            path = ctypes.util.find_library('ssl')
+            path = find_library_version('ssl', '1.0')
             if path not in paths:
-                paths.append(path)
+                paths.insert(0, path)
         except:
             pass
 

src/pyelliptic/find_library_version.py

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python2.7
+# This function mimicks ctypes.util.find_library()
+# but allows you to specify a desired library version.
+# (c) 2017 Wolfgang Frisch
+# based on https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+
+import ctypes.util
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+def find_library_version(name, version=None):
+    """
+    Try to find the desired version of a library, and return a pathname.
+    Fall back to ctypes.util.find_library() on platforms other than POSIX.
+    :param name: The library name without any prefix like lib,
+                 suffix like .so, .dylib or version number.
+    :param version: The library version.
+    :return: Returns the filename or, if no library can be found, None.
+    """
+    def _num_version(libname):
+        # "libxyz.so.MAJOR.MINOR" => [ MAJOR, MINOR ]
+        parts = libname.split(b".")
+        nums = []
+        try:
+            while parts:
+                nums.insert(0, int(parts.pop()))
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        return nums or [sys.maxint]
+
+    if "linux" in sys.platform:
+        ename = re.escape(name)
+        expr = r'lib%s\.so[.0-9]*.*? => \S*/(lib%s\.so[.0-9]*)' % (ename, ename)
+
+        null = open(os.devnull, 'wb')
+        try:
+            with null:
+                proc = subprocess.Popen(('/sbin/ldconfig', '-p'),
+                                        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                        stderr=null)
+        except OSError:  # E.g. command not found
+            data = b''
+        else:
+            [data, _] = proc.communicate()
+
+        res = re.findall(expr, data)
+        if not res:
+            return None
+
+        res.sort(key=_num_version)
+        if version:
+            lst = filter(lambda x: x.split("so.")[-1].startswith(version), res)
+            if len(lst):
+                return lst[-1]
+        return res[-1]
+    else:
+        # fallback (unversioned)
+        return ctypes.util.find_library(name)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("example: %s crypto 1.0" % sys.argv[0])
+    else:
+        name = sys.argv[1]
+        version = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) == 3 else None
+        print(find_library_version(name, version))
+
+
+# vim:set expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 nowrap:

src/pyelliptic/openssl.py

@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ def loadOpenSSL():
     global OpenSSL
     from os import path, environ
     from ctypes.util import find_library
+    from find_library_version import find_library_version
     
     libdir = []
     if getattr(sys,'frozen', None):
@@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ def loadOpenSSL():
         libdir.append('libcrypto.so')
         libdir.append('libssl.so')
     if 'linux' in sys.platform or 'darwin' in sys.platform or 'freebsd' in sys.platform:
-        libdir.append(find_library('ssl'))
+        libdir.append(find_library_version('ssl', '1.0'))
     elif 'win32' in sys.platform or 'win64' in sys.platform:
         libdir.append(find_library('libeay32'))
     for library in libdir: