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  • 1.  AIX package for Openssl-devel?

    Posted Fri August 15, 2014 10:02 AM

    Originally posted by: JUlmer


    Perl programmer trying to get a Perl module (Crypt-OpenSSL-Random) installed.  I do some sys admin, but, live mostly in a linux world.  Recently tasked with getting some Perl functionality built on AIX 5.3 with the Linux tools.

    AIX 5.3, PowerPC

    The Perl Makefile.PL is complaining that it cannot find the ssl and crypto libraries and instructs that it needs the openssl devel packages.  I have downloaded and installed the openssl and openssl-devel rpm packages.  'rpm -qa | grep openssl' shows them installed.

    However, the Perl Makefile.PL step still complains.  I assume the Perl was originally built using the AIX native packages for the OpenSSL stuff and is failing to find the development files associated with those libs. 

    Question - how do I either install the AIX native (not rpm) openssl-devel bundle (where can I find it) or how to I get the Perl Makefile.PL to use the RPM installed versions of the openssl and openssl-devel packages?

     



  • 2.  Re: AIX package for Openssl-devel?

    Posted Fri August 15, 2014 10:54 AM

    Originally posted by: JUlmer


    It appears that the most direct route to scratch this itch is to install the openssl-devel fileset.  Can anyone point to a place to get such a fileset?



  • 3.  Re: AIX package for Openssl-devel?

    Posted Fri August 15, 2014 11:20 AM

    Originally posted by: YannickBergeron


    https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=aixbp



  • 4.  Re: AIX package for Openssl-devel?

    Posted Fri August 15, 2014 02:19 PM

    Originally posted by: JUlmer


    Just to close things out. 

    Thanks to YannickBergeron.

    Where RPM uses two packages (openssl and openssl-devel), the AIX bundle has it all in the one bundle (fileset).

    Had one wrinkle.  Wanting the most recent version of OpenSSL, I used the RPM packages.  I did not remove the older openssl on the machine.  I hoped the RPM integration would fold the new RPM based stuff into the previous.  It did not.  Consequently, when I tried to build the Perl module (perl Makefile.PL), it failed, apparently confused between where openssl was and where the devel files were.  I removed the RPM based openssl and everything worked.

    Unfortunate, that the AIX bundles are a little dated.  'Would like to have gotten a more recent version of openssl on the machine.

     



  • 5.  Re: AIX package for Openssl-devel?

    Posted Fri August 15, 2014 03:45 PM

    Originally posted by: YannickBergeron


    the AIX bundle is not that old. 1.0.1.511 is based on openssl 1.0.1e and security fixes backported.

    Most of the changed between 1.0.1e and 1.0.1i are security fixes.