[TriLUG] SSL Issues

[Robert Porter]

On Tuesday 17 September 2002 11:15 pm, Stephen Schaefer wrote:
> I can't be entirely sure that this idea won't have
> pitfalls, but how about: get yourself all the source
> RPMs, and replace Red Hat's versions with versions
> built from Red Hat's source.  You should be able to
> apply your customized code as patches to the Red Hat
> sources, then build and install your customized RPMs.
>
> This is by no means a walk in the park, but I've done
> it in similar circumstances (I wanted a later mod_perl
> than they supplied at the time).  The bonus is that
> rpm -Va is a pretty good tripwire lite.
>
>     - Stephen P. Schaefer
>
> [who is taking the RHCE on the 27th, and would love to
> work for Red Hat]

That sounds like a great idea, think I will try that on one of my test 
systems, after all I better start to learn how to exist in the RPM world!  I 
have been fighting it mostly because I have not taken the time to learn it. 

I grew up in the forked Unix world, played with Linux years ago and then got 
coerced into the MS world by my corporate clients.  I am just now emerging 
from that dark journey back into the Linux/Unix world and ran smack into this 
RPM monster!  Not fair!

*Sigh* guess I gotta start somewhere!

Cheers and Thanks! 

Bob


>
> --- Robert Porter <robertporter at rp2c.com> wrote:
> > Unfortunately I cannot install Apache from the
> > RPM's. I am using several
> > custom mods that require Apache be built from the
> > source.  Such as mod_jk to
> > connect to Tomcat and some custom authentication
> > methods required by my
> > applications, as well as the fact that I am trying
> > to learn to code Apache
> > modules themselves, all of which means I need a
> > source version to work with.
> >
> > I had the full RPM Redhat version working "out of
> > the box" during earlier
> > installs, and I have one "native" Redhat system with
> > all of the Apache mods
> > working.  But this system is/must be very different
> > for the environment I am
> > creating.  Way back in RedHat 5.1 I had a similar
> > environment setup but it
> > has been awhile.
> >
> > I have paid for the up2date subscription and use it,
> > but that caused other
> > issues, especially with OpenSSL.  Redhat
> > "backpatched" versions of the SSL
> > libraries to fix the recent buffer overruns, this
> > means that the versions
> > reported don't match anymore.  I did do a binary
> > install of MySql via RPM's
> > from the ISO images with no problem.  However I am
> > finding that some packages
> > installed via RPM and some installed via source tar
> > balls seem to cause
> > problems, the least of which is the RPM's tend to
> > conform to RedHat's idea of
> > file locations and the source tar balls adhere to
> > more "standard" locations
> > if there is such a thing :'>  If you ask me RPM's
> > are creating a Linux
> > version of Microsoft DLL Hell.  But that's most
> > likely my ignorance of RPM
> > technology speaking.
> >
> > My real issue is how to get rid of the RedHat RPM
> > based version of OpenSSL and
> > replace it with a configure/make/make install
> > version without destroying my
> > system.  Any help would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bob Porter
>
> [ further history elided ]
>
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-- 
Cheers,

Robert Porter			http://www.rp2c.com
RP2C Inc			robertporter at rp2c.com