Red Hat Linux 6.1 Bug Fix
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Package apache

Synopsis Apache bugfix release available for Red Hat Linux 6.1

Bug Fix Advisory ID RHBA-1999:062-01

Issue Date 1999-12-30

Updated On 1999-12-30

Keywords apache suexec docroot manual httpd.conf apxs logrotate



1. Topic:
A bugfix release of Apache is available which corrects problems with httpd.conf default values, fixes building third party modules with apxs, and performs other general cleanups. Anyone who has had problems building third party modules is encouraged to upgrade.

2. Problem description:
APXS-- the utility used for building apache modules as DSOs-- had problems as shipped in 6.1. In addition, we intended to ship a unified httpd.conf default configuration file with our apache included in Red Hat Linux 6.1, but this did not make it into the final release; this has been corrected. The apache manual is now a subpackage in its own right, so you may choose to install it or leave it out if you wish. The logrotate script complained if httpd was not running, and this has been fixed. suexec is no longer suid by default, and while no security hole in suexec has been identified, it was determined that it was safer to leave this choice up to the system administrator.

3. Bug IDs fixed (see bugzilla for more information):
5256 - manual should be on a subpackage
5367 - small cleanup of default conf files (1.3.9-4) (patch to follow)
5650 - 1.3.9 apache-devel breaks PHP
6115 - httpd.conf didn't upgrade with
6655 - incorrect pointers to module documentation in conf files
7074 - /etc/logrotate.d/apache gives error if apache isn't running

4. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.1, all architectures

5. Obsoleted by:
None

6. Conflicts with:
None

7. RPMs required:

Intel:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/en/os/i386/

apache-1.3.9-8.i386.rpm
apache-devel-1.3.9-8.i386.rpm
apache-manual-1.3.9-8.i386.rpm

Alpha:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/en/os/alpha

apache-1.3.9-8.alpha.rpm
apache-devel-1.3.9-8.alpha.rpm
apache-manual-1.3.9-8.alpha.rpm

SPARC:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/en/os/sparc

apache-1.3.9-8.sparc.rpm
apache-devel-1.3.9-8.sparc.rpm
apache-manual-1.3.9-8.sparc.rpm

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/en/os/SRPMS

apache-1.3.9-8.src.rpm

Architecture neutral:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/en/os/noarch/

8. Solution:

For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Uvh filename

where filename is the name of the RPM.

And then, restart apache, like so:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart

9. Verification:


 MD5 sum                           Package Name

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 f92653f5d5c79ac02e60e811fc36833c  i386/apache-1.3.9-8.i386.rpm
 5288eba941e074ebcdb21952615766e4  i386/apache-devel-1.3.9-8.i386.rpm
 4c1f0520ec6debcab4484eab4b3cace7  i386/apache-manual-1.3.9-8.i386.rpm
 26fd3e0d8bb6bdeca36727e5fc839826  alpha/apache-1.3.9-8.alpha.rpm
 2f08af6da3bb5b4e248d30347c28b523  alpha/apache-devel-1.3.9-8.alpha.rpm
 2b470f06cbe4ea632f1e98568cd66b53  alpha/apache-manual-1.3.9-8.alpha.rpm
 c597fb29ad7effbe3bebe2e8d2926dd8  sparc/apache-1.3.9-8.sparc.rpm
 c516cf46a00a9f0ef6aef3d9b5107d9d  sparc/apache-devel-1.3.9-8.sparc.rpm
 1041b5c625c8a8bacd29642e832fea0a  sparc/apache-manual-1.3.9-8.sparc.rpm
 e2445d530aaa17b4b6cf44ae5d413599  SRPMS/apache-1.3.9-8.src.rpm

 
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/about/contact.html

You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig filename

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename

Note that you need RPM >= 3.0 to check GnuPG keys.

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