installing OpenSSH rpm on SuSE 6.2

Sun Sep 3 16:27:02 EST 2000

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                      Thanks, Faheem Mitha.

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From: Faheem Mitha <faheem at email.unc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.security.ssh
Subject: installing OpenSSH rpm on SuSE 6.2

Dear people,

I tried to recompile the rpm of OpenSSH (openssh-2.2.0p1-1.src.rpm)
on SuSE 6.2. I got the following errors.

faheem /usr/src/packages/SPECS>rpm -ba openssh.spec
line 25: Version not permitted: PreReq: openssl >= 0.9.5a

I enclose the openssh.spec below.

NOTE: OpenSSH seems to require another package called
openssl. Ironically, the source rpm for this compiled flawlessly, and
I installed the three binary rpms openssl, openssl-misc,
openssl-devel.

I then had a shot at installing the binary rpm. I got the error.

root /home/faheem/rpm>rpm -Uvh openssh-2.2.0p1-1.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
        rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) <= 3.0.3-1 is needed by openssh-2.2.0p1-1

I have rpm version 3.03. My gnome libraries are almost certainly
incompatible with those of Redhat (this rpm was made for Redhat) so I
disabled the building of the gnome feature (gnome_askpass)
below. Also, the spec file talks about something else called
tcp_wrappers. Never heard of this.

In any case, can you shed light on the problem above and whether
anything can be done about it?

                         Sincerely, Faheem Mitha.

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# Version of OpenSSH
%define oversion 2.2.0p1

# Version of ssh-askpass
%define aversion 1.0.1

# Do we want to disable building of x11-askpass? (1=yes 0=no)
%define no_x11_askpass 0

# Do we want to disable building of gnome-askpass? (1=yes 0=no)
%define no_gnome_askpass 1

Summary: OpenSSH free Secure Shell (SSH) implementation
Name: openssh
Version: %{oversion}
Release: 1
Packager: Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>
URL: http://www.openssh.com/

Source0:
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-%{oversion}.tar.gz

Source1: http://www.ntrnet.net
/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/x11-ssh-askpass-%{aversion}.tar.gz

Copyright: BSD
Group: Applications/Internet
BuildRoot: /tmp/openssh-%{version}-buildroot
Obsoletes: ssh
PreReq: openssl >= 0.9.5a
Requires: openssl >= 0.9.5a
BuildPreReq: perl
BuildPreReq: openssl-devel
BuildPreReq: tcp_wrappers
%if ! %{no_gnome_askpass}
BuildPreReq: gnome-libs-devel
%endif

%package clients
Summary: OpenSSH Secure Shell protocol clients
Requires: openssh
Group: Applications/Internet
Obsoletes: ssh-clients

%package server
Summary: OpenSSH Secure Shell protocol server (sshd)
Group: System Environment/Daemons
Obsoletes: ssh-server
PreReq: openssh chkconfig >= 0.9

%package askpass
Summary: OpenSSH X11 passphrase dialog
Group: Applications/Internet
Requires: openssh
Obsoletes: ssh-extras

%package askpass-gnome
Summary: OpenSSH GNOME passphrase dialog
Group: Applications/Internet
Requires: openssh
Obsoletes: ssh-extras

%description
Ssh (Secure Shell) a program for logging into a remote machine and for
executing commands in a remote machine.  It is intended to replace
rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between
two untrusted hosts over an insecure network.  X11 connections and
arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.