On Sun, Nov 21, 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Full_Name: Erik Hofman
> Version: 2.4.8
> OS: Irix 6.5
> Submission from: ehofman.a1.nl (194.151.196.35)
>
> Things just get stranger with Irix cc.
> After the problem using apxs on Irix I tried installing Apache/ModSSL
> the default way. Patch Apache and install with --with-modules=ssl
>
> This results in an infinite loop in ssl_engine_rand.c line 100:
>
> dbx -r ./httpd -DSSL
> dbx version 7.3 MR 55458_Apr30_MR Apr 30 1999 13:44:41
> Process 12629 (./httpd) started
> Process 12629 (libhttpd.ep) stopped at [ssl_rand_seed:102 +0x8,0x40821e0]
> 102 if ((fp = ap_pfopen(p, pRandSeed->cpPath, "r")) == NULL)
>
> This message was a result of a ^C after 20+ seconds after startup.
This doesn't look like an infinite loop. Instead you seem to be opening
/dev/random which seems to block if not enough entropy is available. Please
read the user manual for details about this problem. You either have to use
/dev/urandom (or similar device) or use only the builtin entropy pool.
Ralf S. Engelschall
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.engelschall.com
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