[lfs-book] r11627 - in trunk/BOOK: chapter01 chapter06

[bdubbs--- via lfs-book]

Author: bdubbs
Date: Sat Jun 29 16:44:33 2019
New Revision: 11627

Log:
Properly initialize a data structure in OpenSSL to 
avoid valgrind uninitialized value errors.

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
   trunk/BOOK/chapter06/openssl.xml

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml  Sat Jun 29 15:49:56 2019        (r11626)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml  Sat Jun 29 16:44:33 2019        (r11627)
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
       <para>2019-06-16</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Properly initialize a data structure in
+          OpenSSL to avoid valgrind uninitialized value errors. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4491">#4491</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.51.0. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4483">#4483</ulink>.</para>
         </listitem>

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/openssl.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/openssl.xml    Sat Jun 29 15:49:56 2019        (r11626)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/openssl.xml    Sat Jun 29 16:44:33 2019        (r11627)
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of OpenSSL</title>
 
+    <para>First, fix a problem identified upstream:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/\} data/s/ =.*$/;\n    
memset(\&amp;data, 0, sizeof(data));/' \
+  crypto/rand/rand_lib.c</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare OpenSSL for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./config --prefix=/usr         \
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