error installing ruby 2.3 on osx

Question

I'm getting an error while trying to install 2.3 ruby on osx I've updated rvm to stable 1.27.0

then I'm trying to install 2.3

% rvm install 2.3
ruby-2.3.0 - #removing src/ruby-2.3.0 - please wait
Searching for binary rubies, this might take some time.
No binary rubies available for: osx/10.11/x86_64/ruby-2.3.0.
Continuing with compilation. Please read 'rvm help mount' to get more information on binary rubies.
Checking requirements for osx.
Certificates in '/usr/local/etc/openssl/cert.pem' are already up to date.
Requirements installation successful.
Installing Ruby from source to: /Users/password123/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.3.0, this may take a while depending on your cpu(s)...
ruby-2.3.0 - #downloading ruby-2.3.0, this may take a while depending on your connection...
ruby-2.3.0 - #extracting ruby-2.3.0 to /Users/password123/.rvm/src/ruby-2.3.0 - please wait
ruby-2.3.0 - #configuring - please wait
ruby-2.3.0 - #post-configuration - please wait
ruby-2.3.0 - #compiling - please wait
Error running '__rvm_make -j 1',
showing last 15 lines of /Users/password123/.rvm/log/1460728216_ruby-2.3.0/make.log
                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ossl_ssl.c:18:35: note: expanded from macro 'numberof'
#define numberof(ary) (int)(sizeof(ary)/sizeof((ary)[0]))
                                  ^~~~~
ossl_ssl.c:2266:21: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to an incomplete type 'const struct (anonymous struct at ossl_ssl.c:85:14) []'
    for (i = 0; i < numberof(ossl_ssl_method_tab); i++) {
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ossl_ssl.c:18:35: note: expanded from macro 'numberof'
#define numberof(ary) (int)(sizeof(ary)/sizeof((ary)[0]))
                                  ^~~~~
4 warnings and 10 errors generated.
make[2]: *** [ossl_ssl.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [ext/openssl/all] Error 2
make: *** [build-ext] Error 2
+__rvm_make:0> return 2
There has been an error while running make. Halting the installation.  

Could you advise me any steps to fix this error ?

Answer 1

Based on this rbenv discussion, I was able to work around this by uninstalling, reinstalling, and force-linking Homebrew OpenSSL:

brew uninstall --force openssl
brew install openssl
brew link --overwrite openssl --force
rvm install 2.3.0

I'd feel better if I knew what side effects the brew link might have, but it worked.