Mailing List Archive: [Bug 631] Build fails on Redhat Linux 6.x

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631

Summary: Build fails on Redhat Linux 6.x
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Version: 3.6.1p2
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: Build system
AssignedTo: openssh-bugs@mindrot.org
ReportedBy: mdobel@kawo2.rwth-aachen.de

I needed this package for a box running Redhat 6.2. So I changed the
build6x-define in the specfile from 0 to 1 and tried to build the package. rpm
complained about

error: failed build dependencies:
db1-devel is needed by openssh-3.6.1p1-1

caused by this part of the specfile:

%if ! %{build6x}
BuildPreReq: glibc-devel, pam
%else
BuildPreReq: db1-devel, /usr/include/security/pam_appl.h
%endif

There is no db1 package in Redhat 6.x, db1 was intruduced in 7.x. In Redhat 6.x
the contents of db1 are part of the glibc package. It seems like that the
condition is the wrong way around.

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------- Additional Comments From dtucker@zip.com.au 2003-09-06 14:35 -------
Created an attachment (id=389)
--> (http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=389&action=view)
Add build7x variable.

There seems to be some confusion about this.

$ cvs log openssh.spec
revision 1.109
date: 2002/09/04 07:19:06; author: djm; state: Exp; lines: +1 -1
- (djm) Fix Redhat RPM build dependancy test

and from Redhat bug #55105:
"If build_6x is defined for building openssh on a 6.x box, it won't build
because it claims to need db1-devel. However db1-devel does not exist for
6.x, as it is included in glibc-devel."

A quick survey shows db1-devel present *only* in 7.x releases, so no amount of
fiddling with build6x is going to get it right for all cases.

How about this patch? I'm not fluent in specfile so it might be wrong, but it
works on my RH8.0 box.

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