src/ssl.c:404:9: error: unknown type name 'COMP_METHOD'

[hdatma]

The following holds for https://luarocks.org/modules/luarocks/luasec,
which is the most downloaded code, and is one year old.

src/ssl.c:404:9: error: unknown type name 'COMP_METHOD'; did you mean 'CONF_METHOD'?
const COMP_METHOD *comp;
^~~~~~~~~~~
CONF_METHOD
/opt/share/libressl/include/openssl/conf.h:86:31: note: 'CONF_METHOD' declared here
typedef struct conf_method_st CONF_METHOD;
^
1 error generated.

Error: Build error: Failed compiling object src/ssl.o

note:

search -cv COMP_METHOD /opt/share/libressl
/opt/share/libressl/include/openssl/comp.h:14:typedef struct comp_method_st {
/opt/share/libressl/include/openssl/comp.h:26:} COMP_METHOD;
/opt/share/libressl/include/openssl/comp.h:29: COMP_METHOD *meth;
/opt/share/libressl/include/openssl/comp.h:39:COMP_CTX *COMP_CTX_new(COMP_METHOD *meth);
/opt/share/libressl/include/openssl/comp.h:45:COMP_METHOD *COMP_rle(void );
/opt/share/libressl/include/openssl/comp.h:46:COMP_METHOD *COMP_zlib(void );

[daurnimator]

Duplicate of issue #29. Fixed via #30.

[hdatma]

The problem is the absence of the fix in the mainstream distribution via luarocks,
which is one year old.

[brunoos]

Email sent to luarocks requesting update.