Author: bdubbs
Date: 2008-10-29 23:35:58 -0600 (Wed, 29 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 8718
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter05/perl.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter06/perl.xml
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/patches.ent
Log:
Fixed perl configuration so it knows the vendor library location.
Changes perl patches to a single consolidated patch with security and other
fixes
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2008-10-29 03:38:42 UTC (rev 8717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2008-10-30 05:35:58 UTC (rev 8718)
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>2008-10-30</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Added a consolidated patch to perl to address
security
+ and othe rissues. Canged the configure
options for perl to define
+ a venor library location.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>2008-10-29</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/whatsnew.xml 2008-10-29 03:38:42 UTC (rev 8717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/whatsnew.xml 2008-10-30 05:35:58 UTC (rev 8718)
@@ -278,17 +278,21 @@
<para>MPFR-&mpfr-version;</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
+ <!--<listitem>
<para>&perl-libc-patch;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>&perl-page-patch;</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem> -->
<listitem>
+ <para>&perl-consolidated-patch;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <!--<listitem>
<para>&perl-security-patch;</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>-->
<listitem>
<para>&procps-watch-patch;</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml 2008-10-29 03:38:42 UTC (rev 8717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml 2008-10-30 05:35:58 UTC (rev 8718)
@@ -202,15 +202,23 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
+ <!-- <varlistentry>
<term>Perl Libc Patch - <token>&perl-libc-patch-size;</token>:</term>
<listitem>
<para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&perl-libc-patch;"/></para>
<para>MD5 sum: <literal>&perl-libc-patch-md5;</literal></para>
</listitem>
+ </varlistentry> -->
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Perl Consolidated Patch -
<token>&perl-consolidated-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download: <ulink
url="&patches-root;&perl-consolidated-patch;"/></para>
+ <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&perl-consolidated-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
+ <!-- <varlistentry>
<term>Perl Page Patch - <token>&perl-page-patch-size;</token>:</term>
<listitem>
<para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&perl-page-patch;"/></para>
@@ -224,7 +232,7 @@
<para>Download: <ulink
url="&patches-root;&perl-security-patch;"/></para>
<para>MD5 sum: <literal>&perl-security-patch-md5;</literal></para>
</listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry> -->
<varlistentry>
<term>Procps Watch Patch -
<token>&procps-watch-patch-size;</token>:</term>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter05/perl.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter05/perl.xml 2008-10-29 03:38:42 UTC (rev 8717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter05/perl.xml 2008-10-30 05:35:58 UTC (rev 8718)
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Perl</title>
- <para>First adapt some hard-wired paths to the C library by applying
- the following patch:</para>
+ <para>First apply a series of patches to address security issues and adapt
some
+ hard-wired paths to the C library by applying the following
patch:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i
../&perl-libc-patch;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i
../&perl-consolidated-patch;</userinput></screen>
<!-- <para>Fix an incompatibility with gcc-&gcc-version;:</para>
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
'Data/Dumper Fcntl IO POSIX' part of the command correct—they are all
letters):</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure.gnu --prefix=/tools
-Dstatic_ext='Data/Dumper Fcntl IO POSIX'</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/tools \
+ -Dstatic_ext='Data/Dumper Fcntl IO
POSIX'</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/perl.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/perl.xml 2008-10-29 03:38:42 UTC (rev 8717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/perl.xml 2008-10-30 05:35:58 UTC (rev 8718)
@@ -47,14 +47,16 @@
<screen><userinput remap="pre">echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" >
/etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
- <para>The following patch fixes known vulnerabilities:</para>
+ <para>The following patch fixes known vulnerabilities and other issues
+ identified by the developers:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i
../&perl-security-patch;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i
../&perl-consolidated-patch;</userinput></screen>
- <para>The following patch fixes an incompatibility with
+ <!-- <para>The following patch fixes an incompatibility with
Glibc-&glibc-version;:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i
../&perl-page-patch;</userinput></screen>
+ -->
<!-- Confirmed that this is not required any longer
<para>Fix an incompatibility with gcc-&gcc-version;:</para>
@@ -77,15 +79,24 @@
package is built. If you prefer, you can use the defaults that Perl
auto-detects, by preparing Perl for compilation with:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr \
- -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 \
- -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 \
- -Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr \
+ -Dvendorprefix=/usr \
+ -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 \
+ -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 \
+ -Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>-Dvendorprefix=/usr</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This ensures <command>perl</command> knows how to
+ tell packages where they should install their perl modules.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><parameter>-Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This corrects an error in the way that
<command>perldoc</command>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2008-10-29 03:38:42 UTC (rev 8717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2008-10-30 05:35:58 UTC (rev 8718)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20081029">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "October 28, 2009">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20081030">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "October 30, 2009">
<!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2008"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not
– -->
<!ENTITY milestone "7.0">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or
"x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
Modified: trunk/BOOK/patches.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/patches.ent 2008-10-29 03:38:42 UTC (rev 8717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/patches.ent 2008-10-30 05:35:58 UTC (rev 8718)
@@ -113,19 +113,10 @@
<!ENTITY ncurses-coverity-patch-size "16.8 KB">
-<!ENTITY perl-libc-patch "perl-&perl-version;-libc-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY perl-libc-patch-md5 "3bf8aef1fb6eb6110405e699e4141f99">
-<!ENTITY perl-libc-patch-size "1.1 KB">
+<!ENTITY perl-consolidated-patch "perl-&perl-version;-consolidated-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY perl-consolidated-patch-md5 "d1bcffb5d671bd659f7ca5c451a0c752">
+<!ENTITY perl-consolidated-patch-size "7.1 KB">
-<!ENTITY perl-page-patch "perl-&perl-version;-page-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY perl-page-patch-md5 "16abf98d92d896601250ca610243cdf5">
-<!ENTITY perl-page-patch-size "0.7 KB">
-
-<!ENTITY perl-security-patch "perl-&perl-version;-security_fix-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY perl-security-patch-md5 "4b1384ba595abd070824c2519d1d3176">
-<!ENTITY perl-security-patch-size "0.8 KB">
-
-
<!ENTITY procps-watch-patch "procps-&procps-version;-watch_unicode-1.patch">
<!ENTITY procps-watch-patch-md5 "2e5b57608177bd54349c718db9b5843d">
<!ENTITY procps-watch-patch-size "3.6 KB">
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