>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael H. Warfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 08 October 2001 22:02
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: About libssl.so.2 and libcrypto.so.2
>
>
>On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:28:52AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> "Rawhide" is not another version of Linux, it is simply the name of a
>> repository for optional updates to the current version of
>RedHat Linux. Of
>> course, that question is a little off-topic for this list.
>
> No, it's not optional updates to the current release. It's
>an alpha thread that you use at your own risk. It's basically a
>pre-beta rolling release. It is definitely a good spot to catch up
>on recent kernel releases before they make it to the main updates site.
I know, see my follow up!
>
>> As I have said repeatedly, openssl is included with RedHat
>7.1. openssh,
>> sendmail and bind all rely on the package being there. This
>has been the
>> case since RedHat 7.0, and will undoubtedly be the case for
>7.2. I haven't
>> checked out roswell (aka 7.1.93) yet, as RedHat have locked
>off the file
>> permissions on their ftp site!
>
> Looks like they just did that a couple of days ago. I
>had downloaded
>both Beta1 and Beta2 from
>ftp.redhat.com:/pub/redhat/linux/beta/roswell but
>permissions are now set to deny. Simultanious to that, a 7.2
>directory has
>now appeared as /pub/redhat/linux/7.2 also with access
>permissions denied.
>Looks like we are on the verge of the 7.2 release and they are
>preping the
>site... :-) Wheee...
>
I think it's worse than that. It appears (looking at all the other betas)
that they've inadvertently deleted roswell from their site and locked off
the directory so that all the other mirrors that use rsync don't delete
their copy! (They might be running short of disk space, but that would be
odd).
I found this out because the md5 checksum on the roswell iso images doesn't
match the entry in the MD5SUM file, so I tried to download from the master
site.
I'm eagerly awaiting 7.2, not least because I hope to upgrade all our 6.2
machines straight to it, and then be able to put off another upgrade for a
bit longer. I suspect 6.2 support will be dropped very soon anyway.
>> RPM packages contain either pre-built binaries or a source
>package that will
>> compile in a pre-arranged way (specified in a "spec" file).
>They are useful
>> for maintaining a common installation on multiple systems, or for
>> administrators who haven't a clue what "make" or "configure" does.
>
>> Anyone who upgrades or changes openssl without using the
>RedHat updates
>> (details at www.redhat.com/errata/) runs the risk of
>breaking a lot of code.
>> Also, the version of openssl with RedHat 7.1 is "hobbled"
>and does not
>> include all the cipher support. I've asked an employee of
>RedHat who has
>> OK'd the making available of a package that contains all the
>support for
>> non-US users. I've yet to get round to doing that though.
>
> Relative to the latest RawHide SRPMS
>(openssl-0.9.6b-9.src.rpm)...
>
> 1) Replace the openssl-engine-0.9.6b-usa.tar.bz2 source ball
> with the real thing from the OpenSSL site. (The source
> tarball with the RPM has had some things
>stripped. That's
> part of the hobbling.)
>
> 2) Edit the spec file and remove the "-usa" from "Source".
>
> 2) Down in %prep, kill off %{SOURCE1} by commenting it
>out. (That's
> another part of the hobbling).
>
> 3) Remove no-idea, no-rc5, etc on the config line.
>(Last part of
> the hobbling.)
>
> 4) Build. All the RedHat "patches" seem to be
>compatible with the
> non-crippled source tarball.
>
> 5) Enjoy.
>
Exactly what I've done already, except I haven't made it available to anyone
yet!
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John Airey
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