[tbox-l] Package updates: apache and perl

[David C. <cl...@au...>]

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Apache:
There is a new update of Apache in the Toolbox, from 1.3.29 to 1.3.31.
Note that the Toolbox Apache is just the plain bare-bones HTTP server,
for basic usage.  If you are interested in the Apache web server, I
also recommend checking into the IBM HTTP Server (IHS) product, which is
Apache-based with enhancements, and is also a free download, with
support available (unlike the Toolbox 'as-is' copy).  See:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/webservers/httpservers

For the updated AIX Toolbox apache (1.3-based), the new images are:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/apache/apache-1.3.31-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/apache/apache-devel-1.3.31-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/apache/apache-manual-1.3.31-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

An ssl-enabled copy of the same version will be available soon (with updated
mod_ssl) from the cryptographic-content site.  (The newer OpenSSL 0.9.7d should
also appear at about the same time.)  I'll send a separate note as soon as
these images are publicly downloadable.

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Perl:
The AIX Toolbox perl image has been updated from 5.8.0 to 5.8.2.  It is
available at:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/perl/perl-5.8.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

As a reminder, you already have perl preinstalled with AIX.  The Toolbox image
is useful if you specifically need the 5.8.2 version, but in most cases
you may find it easiest to simply use the default /usr/bin/perl that is
already on your system.

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