Ooof. You just tripped over one of the big reasons why RPM-managed systems need to have all their updates installed via RPM. If you have gcc and glibc-devel installed on your system, what I normally recommend is taking the .src.rpm for the current version of the package, and doing an "rpm -ivh" on it. This will place the source files in /usr/src/packages/SOURCES and the .spec file in /usr/src/packages/SPECS. Look at the openssh.spec file to see how SUSE built it. Download the current source package from openssh.org, and tweak the .spec file to use that, instead of the original version. Do an "rpmbuild -bb openssh.spec" and watch the build crash and burn. Tweak the .spec file to fix whatever problem you encountered, rinse and repeat.
Learning how to do this (and in most cases it's not too difficult a process), frees you from depending on anyone, including your Linux distribution provider, to provide you with software versions you require. Quite liberating once you feel confident of your ability to build software. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lewis, Ted (OFT) Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: z/Linux SuSE 8.2 and Openssh-3.4p1 On SuSE 8.2, openssh-3.4p1 causes an ssh disconnect when updating LDAP expired passwords. Has anyone else experienced this problem and how did they solve it (if it's solved)? According to SuSE, it is a known bug and their recommendation is to upgrade to SLES 9 or download the latest version of openssh (bug fixed in openssh-3.5 and later). We cannot upgrade to SLES 9 due to software certification. Downloading the latest release of openssh (3.9p1 - non RPM) raises maintenance issues - updating the RPM database, patches, etc. - YaST2 still shows 3.4p1 install. I can remove openssh-3.4p1 from the YaST2 RPM database, but that is only a work around. Do you know of an openssh release at 3.5p1 or later that is in SuSE RPM format? Ted Lewis (518-473-1104) VM & z/Linux NYS Office for Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
