bitcoin/bitcoin — pull request #4277 by apoelstra (2014-06-02 23:25:56+00:00)
Title: key.cpp: fail with a friendlier message on missing ssl EC support

Previously if bitcoind is linked with an OpenSSL which is compiled without EC support, this is seen as an assertion failure "pKey != NULL" at key.cpp:134. It is an esoteric piece of knowledge to interpret this as "oops, I linked with the wrong OpenSSL".