Thanks Stas for that link, but none of those have mod_ssl and I'm not skilled enough with RPM to make that heavy of an adjustment, to be honest.
I think I'll take a gander at fliptop's specs and see if they are close enough to do what I need. Thanks all! -Fran Stas Bekman wrote: > Fran Fabrizio wrote: > >> >> We're currently struggling for an easy way to distribute our >> apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl-based application to our data center folks >> who are in a different state and whom we must presume know nothing >> about apache, mod_perl or mod_ssl and are capable of nothing more >> complicated than using RPM to install/update a package. As such, does >> there exist such a thing as an RPM that installs apache with mod_perl >> AND mod_ssl enabled? I presume this would also have to include >> openssl. I can only imagine what a pain it would be to create this >> beast, but if it's been done, I'd like to give it a try. >> >> I have used my limited experience with RPM to try to build this kind >> of thing, but so far the closest I've gotten is to have an RPM that >> includes the four tarballs with a shell script to compile them on the >> target machine. Of course this really isn't in the spirit of RPM and >> also, fails miserably when the target machine is a hardened machine >> with no compiler, for example. :-) >> >> Does such a thing exist, and what are some pros and cons of going >> this route? >> >> Personally, I would hate to have to rely on an RPM like this, not >> least because I'd have to learn how to modify it if it doesn't meet >> our needs, but we need to make the application install as easy as >> possible for the data center folks. Thoughts? > > > Take an existing src RPM (.spec) and adjust it the way you want. Here > are some RPMs: > http://perl.apache.org/release/download/binaries.html#RedHat_Linux > > __________________________________________________________________ > Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker > http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com > http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.com
