Control: tags -1 patch Not a perfect solution but sufficient for stretch is the patch below to use OpenSSL 1.0.2
The "| libssl-dev (<< 1.1.0~)" is added for backports. --- debian/control.old 2016-12-11 00:15:42.000000000 +0000 +++ debian/control 2016-12-11 00:15:49.000000000 +0000 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ libboost-dev, libcurl4-openssl-dev, liblog4shib-dev, - libssl-dev, + libssl1.0-dev | libssl-dev (<< 1.1.0~), libxerces-c-dev, # our Debian changes need the pkg-config file from: libxml-security-c-dev (>= 1.7.3-3), @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Depends: libcurl4-openssl-dev, liblog4shib-dev, - libssl-dev, + libssl1.0-dev | libssl-dev (<< 1.1.0~), libxerces-c-dev, libxml-security-c-dev, libxmltooling7 (= ${binary:Version}), cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed