OpenSSL 1.0.1m considered harmful on Sparc

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi folks,

Am 24.04.2015 um 12:11 schrieb Dagobert Michelsen:
> Hangs on Solaris 9 in the same way as the package from Yann. So this is really an upstream
> issue?

I just got this information from Oracle support:

> According to Solaris Development, the issue is expected to appear not only in Branded Sol 9 zones, but also on physical systems running Solaris 9 
> Solaris Development pointed out that Solaris 10 is working differently in this part - hence, the issue does not appear in Solaris 10 ( and higher ) 
> 
> All application calling pthread_atfork() from a fork handler can deadlock on Solaris 9. That's the behavior of Solaris 9, and it won't be changed since Solaris 9 has already been EOL'd. 
> 
> Looks like the new openssl has been built by 3rd party. 
> Could you please provide info about the origin of the new new openssl ? 
> If this is 3rd party, did you check already with this vendor ? 

Maybe the threading code has changed?


Best regards

  -- Dago