using FC4 rpm for perl module

hello,

I tried to locate an SuSE (9.3) rpm for perl-Crypt-Rijndael

There was no such package anywhere. Using CPAN didn't work either, with
others reporting failure to install (in google) from CPAN to Suse.

However I found an FC4 package for my architecture.
yast -i perl-Crypt-Rijndael-0.05-1.2.fc4.rf.x86_64.rpm

Yast went ahead and installed this, but to the wrong places. When I moved
module and its objects to the right places, it worked!

Is this an acceptable hack, or too outrageously foolish to even consider?

regards,
tlviewer

tlviewer wrote:

> hello,
>
> I tried to locate an SuSE (9.3) rpm for perl-Crypt-Rijndael
>
> There was no such package anywhere. Using CPAN didn't work either, with
> others reporting failure to install (in google) from CPAN to Suse.
>
> However I found an FC4 package for my architecture.
> yast -i perl-Crypt-Rijndael-0.05-1.2.fc4.rf.x86_64.rpm
>
> Yast went ahead and installed this, but to the wrong places. When I moved
> module and its objects to the right places, it worked!
>

Not so fast. The test vectors are not passing. The code works, but gives
incorrect results. Looks like a bad idea.

regards,
tlviewer

tlviewer adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> Not so fast. The test vectors are not passing. The code works, but
> gives incorrect results. Looks like a bad idea.

Some times it will work and other times it will not, I have successfully
managed to convert and install .deb packages in the past but it all
depends on what the apps do and if they are really distro agnostic.

You win some and you lose some


--
Mark
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK
Novell Support Forums SysOp

tlviewer wrote:

> tlviewer wrote:
>
>> hello,
>>
>> I tried to locate an SuSE (9.3) rpm for perl-Crypt-Rijndael
>>
>> There was no such package anywhere. Using CPAN didn't work either, with
>> others reporting failure to install (in google) from CPAN to Suse.
>>
>> However I found an FC4 package for my architecture.
>> yast -i perl-Crypt-Rijndael-0.05-1.2.fc4.rf.x86_64.rpm
>>
>> Yast went ahead and installed this, but to the wrong places. When I moved
>> module and its objects to the right places, it worked!
>>
>
> Not so fast. The test vectors are not passing. The code works, but gives
> incorrect results. Looks like a bad idea.

It's a problem with the x86_64 build.
If I manually do a x86_64 build from CPAN, I get the same problems as from
the converted FC4 package (Crypt::Rinjdael).

On my i586 (SuSE 9.3) laptop, the CPAN install works fine and all 41 tests
pass. My personal test scripts work too, allowing me to interop with the
WinXP AES provider.

My steps:
use YaST2 to get perl-Crypt-CBC
from CPAN do
perl -MCPAN -e 'install Crypt::Rinjdael'
perl -MCPAN -e 'install Convert::ASCII::Armour'
perl -MCPAN -e 'install Crypt::EDE_DES3'

it's necessary to use CPAN for 2/3 since they aren't in YaST

regards,
tlviewer