At 01:18 PM 5/21/2007, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: >On 2007.05.20 02:27:22 -0400, Alexander Kabaev wrote: > >> there were several reports of OpenSSL being broken when compiled with >> GCC 4.2. It turns out OpenSSL uses function casting feature that was >> aggressively de-supported by GCC 4.2 and GCC goes as far as inserting >> invalid instructions ON PURPOSE to discourage the practice. > >"Interesting" choice - oh well. > >> Consequently, OpenSSL need the patch similar to attached one to work. >> Just in case mailing list will eat the attachment, the patch can be >> found at >> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~kan/openssl-gcc42.diff >> >> Unfortunately, our OpenSSL maintainer(s) are currently en-route from >> BSDCan and cannot attend to the matters. Once we figure the best way to >> fix the code and to integrate the fix into OpenSSL, we will check the >> fix info CVS. People are advised to patch their sources locally until >> then. > >I had hoped to be able to test and commit today, but I'm too beat from >the trip from Canada to be able to do this until tomorrow (it's very >high in the priority list to get this done tomorrow but I don't know >how hard the jet lag will hit this time). > >I haven't seen enough reports of this patch working to be really >comfortable committing the patch without having had a chance to try it >myself. > >Other people who try this patch please report any success/failure. >Success can also just be reported in private mail. > >Oh, and in case people were wondering - I'm not a "vendor branch >purist" wrt. OpenSSL, so getting the patch commited once I'm sure it >is OK isn't a problem. > >Alexander, thanks a lot for looking at this! Patch works for me.Using ssl for sendmail with Sasl ,also had to apply the patch to the openssl port. ================================== || null_at_pozo.com || || Ph. (415) 681-6235 || ==================================Received on Mon May 21 2007 - 22:18:25 UTC
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