[Mageia-dev] Old OpenSSL HOWTO [was Re: openssl regression]

Tue Jun 12 00:15:55 CEST 2012

Hi all,
+
+here is a small HOWTO about using OpenSSL with Mageia Cauldron applications
+that broke with the new version of the "openssl" package (1.0.1), such as svn
+with https:// URLs:
+
+1. Download openssl-1.0.0j.tar.gz from:
+
+http://www.openssl.org/source/
+
+2. Unpack it.
+
+3. Use the following shell script to configure it (you can customise the
+ossl_pref prefix to your liking:
+
+[QUOTE]
+#!/bin/bash
+ossl_pref="$HOME/apps/openssl"
+./config --prefix="$ossl_pref" --openssldir="$ossl_pref/openssl" shared
+[/QUOTE]
+
+There is more coverage of this here:
+
+http://www.devside.net/guides/linux/openssl
+
+4. Add the following lines to your .bashrc:
+
+[QUOTE]
+oldssl()
+{
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/apps/openssl/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+}
+[/QUOTE]
+
+5. Now when you want to use svn with https:// or whatever just type "oldssl"
+first.
+
+-------------
+
+I've tried to fix svn in Cauldron, but rebuilding it didn't help, and trying to
+rebuild libneon0.27 caused "%check" to fail. This was reported here:
+
+http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2012-June/001473.html
+
+I tried to build libneon0.27 against gnutls, but I got a compilation
+error.
+
+Regards,
+
+	Shlomi Fish
+
+On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:21:37 +0100
+Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+
+> Hi,
+> 
+> The new openssl causes Handshake timeouts for me on some connections.
+> e.g. in xchat connecting to an ircd-hybrid SSL server.
+> 
+> Can't find any specific reference, but reverting to the mga2 version
+> solves the problems.
+> 
+> Cheers
+> 
+> Col
+> 
+> 
+
+
+
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