brew --prefix openssl returns a path to openssl@3 which doesn't exist

[franzinc]

brew config output

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Verification

• I ran brew update and am still able to reproduce my issue.
• I have resolved all warnings from brew doctor and that did not fix my problem.

What were you trying to do (and why)?

I need the path to the OpenSSL libraries so I can set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH.

What happened (include all command output)?

On all machines which are up to date, I see this:

macsup:~ admin$ brew list | grep openssl
[email protected]
macsup:~ admin$ brew --prefix openssl
/usr/local/opt/openssl@3
macsup:~ admin$ ls -ld /usr/local/opt/openssl*
lrwxr-xr-x 1 admin admin 28 Jan 28 09:23 /usr/local/opt/openssl -> ../Cellar/[email protected]/1.1.1m
lrwxr-xr-x 1 admin admin 28 Jan 28 09:23 /usr/local/opt/[email protected] -> ../Cellar/[email protected]/1.1.1m
macsup:~ admin$ 

What did you expect to happen?

I expected brew --prefix openssl to return what it used to, the path to the installed OpenSSL files. It wasn't long ago that this worked perfectly.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

They are already above.

[franzinc]

I'm happy to close this ticket if I'm going about finding the path to the installed OpenSSL libraries wrong.

[carlocab]

This is (mostly) intended behaviour. The unversioned openssl alias refers to openssl@3:

❯ brew info openssl
openssl@3: stable 3.0.1 (bottled) [keg-only]

openssl used to refer to [email protected], but the convention in Homebrew (with two exceptions that we aim to rectify) is that the unversioned name refers to the latest version.

[franzinc]

This is (mostly) intended behaviour. The unversioned openssl alias refers to openssl@3:

❯ brew info openssl
openssl@3: stable 3.0.1 (bottled) [keg-only]

openssl used to refer to [email protected], but the convention in Homebrew (with two exceptions that we aim to rectify) is that the unversioned name refers to the latest version.

@carlocab
How can I find the path to the installed 1.1 version?

[carlocab]

Try brew --prefix [email protected].

[franzinc]

Thanks, @carlocab