Re: RPM for apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl
In the spirit of the teach a man to fish proverb (sorry if that's a random reference), maybe I should really be asking what's involved in making such an rpm? Is it a case of just figuring out which files are installed by openssl/mod_ssl/mod_perl/apache and making a big ole spec file, or is there some configuration magic that needs to happen? If this is straying too far off-topic I'll take the discussion off-list, but I really should learn how to do this properly for myself. Thanks, Fran Christof Damian wrote: On Wed, 05 Jun 2002, fliptop wrote: i have an rpm for apache 1.3.22, mod_perl 1.26, and mod_ssl 2.8.5 that i run on redhat 6.2. i'd be glad to give you the .src (or the .rpm if you also run redhat 6.2) if you would like it. or, i could just give you the .spec if you'd like to build a new rpm with the latest versions. i got one for redhat 7.0, i am in the progress to update it to the current versions of apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl though. christof
Re: RPM for apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl
Fran Fabrizio wrote: In the spirit of the teach a man to fish proverb (sorry if that's a random reference), maybe I should really be asking what's involved in making such an rpm? Is it a case of just figuring out which files are installed by openssl/mod_ssl/mod_perl/apache and making a big ole spec file, or is there some configuration magic that needs to happen? If this is straying too far off-topic I'll take the discussion off-list, but I really should learn how to do this properly for myself. it probably is ot, so i'll make this short. a good place to start is http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/
RPM for apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl
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? Thanks, Fran
Re: RPM for apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl
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. what o/s and version are you running? i have an rpm for apache 1.3.22, mod_perl 1.26, and mod_ssl 2.8.5 that i run on redhat 6.2. i'd be glad to give you the .src (or the .rpm if you also run redhat 6.2) if you would like it. or, i could just give you the .spec if you'd like to build a new rpm with the latest versions.
Re: RPM for apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl
fliptop, I'll take a copy of that spec file, if you don't mind!!! --Jon Robison fliptop 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. what o/s and version are you running? i have an rpm for apache 1.3.22, mod_perl 1.26, and mod_ssl 2.8.5 that i run on redhat 6.2. i'd be glad to give you the .src (or the .rpm if you also run redhat 6.2) if you would like it. or, i could just give you the .spec if you'd like to build a new rpm with the latest versions.
Re: RPM for apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl
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 BekmanJAm_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
Re: RPM for apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl
On Wed, 05 Jun 2002, fliptop wrote: i have an rpm for apache 1.3.22, mod_perl 1.26, and mod_ssl 2.8.5 that i run on redhat 6.2. i'd be glad to give you the .src (or the .rpm if you also run redhat 6.2) if you would like it. or, i could just give you the .spec if you'd like to build a new rpm with the latest versions. i got one for redhat 7.0, i am in the progress to update it to the current versions of apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl though. christof -- Christof Damian Technical Director, guideguide ltd.
