[geeks] Solaris 10 U2 Sparc Problem.... openssl linkage to pkgadd.

[Mark Benson]

On 26 Oct 2006, at 14:54, Miichael Vergalen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've just come across a small problem with solaris 10 that I couldn't
> report to sun because I don't have a contract nr...the problem quite
> minor but can couse a lot of havoc on a system. Namely if you try to
> update openssl from the 0.9.7 to 0.9.8d and think you can just  
> uninstall
> the openssh packages suplied by sun becuase the are in a so called non
> vital directory /usr/sfw/  it breaks pkgadd becuase pkgadd is  
> dynamicly
> linked to the openssl-library package. I personaly think that
> openssl-library should then either be placed in /usr/lib or be linked
> staticly to pkgadd. I've managed to recover the system by removing all
> the zones and rcovering from tape backup but I think it should not be
> happening.
>
> Could someone please send this on to sun ...

FWIW, during my extensive research on integrating OSS libs into  
Solaris 10, I did learn Sunn are trying to move away from statically  
linked libs to dynamically linked ones, for whatever reasons,  
probably to increase the system's flexibility.

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