Author: andy
Date: 2012-03-04 16:27:16 -0700 (Sun, 04 Mar 2012)
New Revision: 9596
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/nss.xml
Log:
nss-3.13.3
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2012-03-04 21:53:59 UTC (rev 9595)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2012-03-04 23:27:16 UTC (rev 9596)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
<!ENTITY liboauth-version "0.9.4">
<!ENTITY mitkrb-version "1.6">
<!ENTITY nettle-version "2.4">
-<!ENTITY nss-version "3.13.1">
+<!ENTITY nss-version "3.13.3">
<!ENTITY openssh-version "5.9p1">
<!ENTITY openssl-version "1.0.0g">
<!-- version no longer used, we take whatever mozilla is offering
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2012-03-04 21:53:59 UTC
(rev 9595)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2012-03-04 23:27:16 UTC
(rev 9596)
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>[abenton] - NSPR 4.9.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[abenton] - NSS 3.13.3.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/nss.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/nss.xml 2012-03-04 21:53:59 UTC (rev 9595)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/nss.xml 2012-03-04 23:27:16 UTC (rev 9596)
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
- <!ENTITY nss-download-http
"http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_13_1_RTM/src/nss-&nss-version;.tar.gz";>
- <!ENTITY nss-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_13_1_RTM/src/nss-&nss-version;.tar.gz";>
- <!ENTITY nss-md5sum "c500f96d33ba1390c8a35c667e05e542">
- <!ENTITY nss-size "5.7 MB">
- <!ENTITY nss-buildsize "44 MB (more than double this to run the test
suite)">
- <!ENTITY nss-time "0.7 SBU (at least an additional 3.5 SBU to run
the test suite)">
+ <!ENTITY nss-download-http
+
"http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_13_3_RTM/src/nss-&nss-version;.tar.gz";>
+ <!ENTITY nss-download-ftp
+
"ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_13_3_RTM/src/nss-&nss-version;.tar.gz";>
+ <!ENTITY nss-md5sum "006cb82fa900e9e664b4b14a9b7810ca">
+ <!ENTITY nss-size "5.8 MB">
+ <!ENTITY nss-buildsize "70 MB (more than double this to run the test
suite)">
+ <!ENTITY nss-time "1.0 SBU (at least an additional 3.5 SBU to run
the test suite)">
]>
<sect1 id="nss" xreflabel="NSS-&nss-version;">
@@ -29,92 +31,114 @@
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to NSS</title>
- <para>The Network Security Services (<application>NSS</application>)
- package is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform
- development of security-enabled client and server applications.
- Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5,
- PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other
- security standards. This is useful for implementing SSL and S/MIME or
- other Internet security standards into an application.</para>
+ <para>
+ The Network Security Services (<application>NSS</application>) package is
+ a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of
+ security-enabled client and server applications. Applications built with
+ NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12,
+ S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards. This is
+ useful for implementing SSL and S/MIME or other Internet security
+ standards into an application.
+ </para>
&lfs70_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
- <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&nss-download-http;"/></para>
+ <para>
+ Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&nss-download-http;"/>
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&nss-download-ftp;"/></para>
+ <para>
+ Download (FTP): <ulink url="&nss-download-ftp;"/>
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download MD5 sum: &nss-md5sum;</para>
+ <para>
+ Download MD5 sum: &nss-md5sum;
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download size: &nss-size;</para>
+ <para>
+ Download size: &nss-size;
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Estimated disk space required: &nss-buildsize;</para>
+ <para>
+ Estimated disk space required: &nss-buildsize;
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Estimated build time: &nss-time;</para>
+ <para>
+ Estimated build time: &nss-time;
+ </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
- <para>Required patch: <ulink
- url="&patch-root;/nss-&nss-version;-standalone-1.patch"/></para>
+ <para>
+ Required patch:
+ <ulink url="&patch-root;/nss-&nss-version;-standalone-1.patch"/>
+ </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">NSS Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
- <para role="required"><xref linkend="nspr"/></para>
+ <para role="required">
+ <xref linkend="nspr"/>
+ </para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
- <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="sqlite"/> (internal sqlite is
- incompatable with existing or future installations)</para>
+ <para role="recommended">
+ <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (internal <application>sqlite</application> is
+ incompatable with existing or future installations)
+ </para>
- <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
- <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/nss"/></para>
-
+ <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
+ User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/nss"/>
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of NSS</title>
- <para>Install <application>NSS</application> by running the following
- commands:</para>
+ <para>
+ Install <application>NSS</application> by running the following commands:
+ </para>
-<screen><userinput>bash
-[ $(arch) = x86_64 ] && export USE_64=1
-export BUILD_OPT=1 &&
-cat /usr/include/sqlite3.h &> /dev/null &&
-export NSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1
-export NSPR_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/nspr &&
-export USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1 &&
-export ZLIB_LIBS=-lz &&
-patch -Np1 -i ../nss-&nss-version;-standalone-1.patch &&
-make -C mozilla/security/nss nss_build_all</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../nss-&nss-version;-standalone-1.patch
&&
+cd mozilla/security/nss &&
+make nss_build_all $([ $(arch) = x86_64 ] && echo USE_64=1)
BUILD_OPT=1 \
+ NSPR_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/nspr USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1 ZLIB_LIBS=-lz \
+ $(cat /usr/include/sqlite3.h &> /dev/null && echo
NSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1)</userinput></screen>
- <para>If you wish to test the results, you'll need to set the domain name
of
- your system in the <envar>DOMSUF</envar> environment variable. Most of the
- tests will fail if you don't provide the correct domain name. The
voluminous
- output will report how many of the several thousand tests passed, and if
any
- failed. To review the details of any failures, you may wish to capture
- stdout and stderr in a file.</para>
+ <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+<!--
+ <para>
+ If you wish to test the results, you'll need to set the domain name of
+ your system in the <envar>DOMSUF</envar> environment variable. Most of
the
+ tests will fail if you don't provide the correct domain name. The
+ voluminous output will report how many of the several thousand tests
+ passed, and if any failed. To review the details of any failures, you
may
+ wish to capture stdout and stderr in a file.
+ </para>
- <para>To run the tests, ensure you change the
- <command>export DOMSUF</command> command below to an appropriate value,
- e.g., <parameter>mydomain.com</parameter> or, if you do not have any domain
- in your <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> replace this with the developers'
- recommendation of
- <command>"export HOST=localhost DOMSUF=localdomain"</command> and issue the
- following commands:</para>
+ <para>
+ To run the tests, ensure you change the <command>export DOMSUF</command>
+ command below to an appropriate value, e.g.,
+ <parameter>mydomain.com</parameter> or, if you do not have any domain in
+ your <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> replace this with the developers'
+ recommendation of
+ <command>"export HOST=localhost DOMSUF=localdomain"</command> and issue
+ the following commands:
+ </para>
<screen><userinput>bash
@@ -130,77 +154,65 @@
grep Passed $TEST_RESULTSDIR/$(hostname).1/results.html | wc -l &&
exit</userinput></screen>
+-->
+ <para>
+ Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+ </para>
- <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>export NSS_LINUXDIR=$(basename `ls -d
$PWD/mozilla/dist/Linux*`) &&
-cd mozilla/dist &&
-install -v -m755 $NSS_LINUXDIR/lib/*.so /usr/lib &&
-install -v -m644 $NSS_LINUXDIR/lib/{*.chk,libcrmf.a} /usr/lib &&
+<screen role="root"><userinput>cd ../../dist &&
+install -v -m755 Linux*/lib/*.so /usr/lib &&
+install -v -m644 Linux*/lib/{*.chk,libcrmf.a} /usr/lib &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/include/nss &&
-install -v -m755 $NSS_LINUXDIR/bin/{certutil,nss-config,pk12util} /usr/bin
&&
-install -v -m644 $NSS_LINUXDIR/lib/pkgconfig/nss.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig
&&
+install -v -m755 Linux*/bin/{certutil,nss-config,pk12util} /usr/bin &&
+install -v -m644 Linux*/lib/pkgconfig/nss.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig &&
cp -v -RL {public,private}/nss/* /usr/include/nss &&
chmod 644 /usr/include/nss/*</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Now as the unprivileged user, exit the <command>bash</command>
- shell started at the beginning of the installation to restore the
- environment to the original state.</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>exit</userinput></screen>
-
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
- <para><command>bash</command>: Shells are started as many environment
- variables are created during the installation process. Exiting the shells
- serves the purpose of restoring the environment and returning back to the
- original directory when the installation is complete.</para>
+ <para>
+ <parameter>[ $(arch) = x86_64 ] && echo USE_64=1</parameter>:
+ This option is <emphasis>required on x86_64</emphasis>, otherwise the
+ <command>make</command> will attempt to create 32-bit objects and in a
+ non-multilib system it will fail. The [ $(arch) = x86_64 ] test ensures
it
+ has no effect on a 32 bit system.
+ </para>
- <para><command>[ $(arch) = x86_64 ] && export USE_64=1</command>:
- This command is <emphasis>required on x86_64</emphasis>, otherwise the
- build will attempt to create 32-bit objects and fail in a non-multilib
- system. The [ $(arch) = x86_64 ] test ensures it has no effect on a 32 bit
- system.</para>
+ <para>
+ <command>cat /usr/include/sqlite3.h ... </command>: This tests if
+ <application>sqlite</application> is installed and if so it
+ <command>echo</command>s the option NSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1 to
+ <command>make</command> so that
+ <filename class="libraryfile">libsoftokn3.so</filename> will link against
+ the system version of sqlite.
+ </para>
- <para><command>cat /usr/include/sqlite3.h ... </command>: tests if
- <application>sqlite</application> is installed and if so it sets the
- environment variable NSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1 so that
- <filename class="libraryfile">libsoftokn3.so</filename> will link against
- the system version of sqlite.</para>
+ <para>
+ <parameter>BUILD_OPT=1</parameter>: This option is passed to
+ <command>make</command> so that the build is performed with no debugging
+ symbols built into the binaries and the default compiler optimizations
are
+ used.
+ </para>
- <para><command>export BUILD_OPT=1</command>: This variable is set so that
- the build is performed with no debugging symbols built into the binaries
- and that the default compiler optimizations are used.</para>
+ <para>
+ <parameter>NSPR_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/nspr</parameter>: This option
+ sets the location of the nspr headers.
+ </para>
- <para><command>export NSPR_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/nspr</command>: This
- command sets the location of the nspr headers.</para>
+ <para>
+ <parameter>USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1</parameter>: This option is passed to
+ <command>make</command> to ensure that the
+ <filename class="libraryfile">libssl3.so</filename> library is linked to
+ the system installed <application>zlib</application> instead of the
+ in-tree version.
+ </para>
- <para><command>export USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1</command>: This command ensures
that
- the system installed library is used instead of the in-tree version.</para>
-
- <para><command>export ZLIB_LIBS=-lz</command>: This command provides the
- needed linker flags to link to the system zlib.</para>
-
- <para><command>export NSS_LINUXDIR=...</command>: This variable is set so
- that the exact name of the architecture specific directories where the
- binaries are stored in the source tree can be determined.</para>
-
- <para><command>make -C mozilla/security/nss nss_build_all</command>: This
- command builds the <application>NSS</application> libraries and creates a
- <filename class='directory'>dist</filename> directory which houses all the
- programs, libraries and interface headers. None of the programs created by
- this process are installed onto the system using the default instructions
- (except for <application>nss-config</application>). If you need any of
- these programs installed, you can find them in the
- <filename class='directory'>mozilla/*.OBJ/dist/bin</filename> directory of
- the source tree.</para>
-
- <para><command>sed -i 's/gmake/make/' common/init.sh</command>: This
- command changes the command used to compile some test programs.</para>
-
+ <para>
+ <parameter>ZLIB_LIBS=-lz</parameter>: This option provides the
+ linker flags needed to link to the system
<application>zlib</application>.
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
@@ -212,10 +224,11 @@
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
- <seg>nss-config</seg>
- <seg>libcrmf.a, libfreebl3.so, libnss3.so, libnssckbi.so,
- libnssdbm3.so, libnssutil3.so, libsmime3.so, libsoftokn3.so
- and libssl3.so</seg>
+ <seg>certutil, nss-config and pk12util</seg>
+ <seg>
+ libcrmf.a, libfreebl3.so, libnss3.so, libnssckbi.so, libnssdbm3.so,
+ libnssutil3.so, libsmime3.so, libsoftokn3.so and libssl3.so
+ </seg>
<seg>/usr/include/nss</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
@@ -225,18 +238,50 @@
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+ <varlistentry id="certutil">
+ <term><command>certutil</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ is the Mozilla Certificate Database Tool. It is a command-line
+ utility that can create and modify the Netscape Communicator
+ cert8.db and key3.db database files. It can also list, generate,
+ modify, or delete certificates within the cert8.db file and create
+ or change the password, generate new public and private key pairs,
+ display the contents of the key database, or delete key pairs
within
+ the key3.db file.
+ </para>
+ <indexterm zone="nss certutil">
+ <primary sortas="b-certutil">certutil</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id="nss-config">
<term><command>nss-config</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>is used to determine the NSS library settings
- of the installed NSS libraries.</para>
+ <para>
+ is used to determine the NSS library settings of the installed NSS
+ libraries.
+ </para>
<indexterm zone="nss nss-config">
<primary sortas="b-nss-config">nss-config</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="pk12util">
+ <term><command>pk12util</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ is a tool for importing certificates and keys from pkcs #12 files
+ into NSS or exporting them. It can also list certificates and keys
+ in such files.
+ </para>
+ <indexterm zone="nss pk12util">
+ <primary sortas="b-pk12util">pk12util</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
-
</sect2>
-
</sect1>
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