Hello,
I compile from source Erlang R14B04 on a freshly installed OpenBSD 5.3 amd64 machine, configured with preinstalled opensssl library /usr/lib/libssl.so.19.0 . $ /usr/sbin/openssl OpenSSL> version OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012 OpenSSL> ^D when I try to load the crypto module I get the follwing error: $erl Erlang R14B04 (erts-5.8.5) [source] [64-bit] [smp:2:2] [rq:2] [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:false] Eshell V5.8.5 (abort with ^G) 1> crypto:start(). /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' /usr/local/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.5/bin/beam.smp:/usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto.so: undefined symbol '__guard_local' =ERROR REPORT==== 21-May-2013::15:19:12 === Unable to load crypto library. Failed with error: "load_failed, Failed to load NIF library /usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto: 'Cannot load specified object'" OpenSSL might not be installed on this system. =ERROR REPORT==== 21-May-2013::15:19:12 === The on_load function for module crypto returned {error, {load_failed, "Failed to load NIF library /usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.0.4/priv/lib/crypto: 'Cannot load specified object'"}} ** exception error: undefined function crypto:start/0 2>quit(). $ What can be done to solve this issue as I need ssl processing in my applications ? On the other hand: On OpenBSD 5.2 amd64 with preinstalled opensssl library /usr/lib/libssl.so.18.0 $ /usr/sbin/openssl OpenSSL> version OpenSSL 1.0.0f 4 Jan 2012 OpenSSL> ^D everything works perfect, and Erlang was also configured againsat this preinstalled library Thank you in advance, Bogdan