[CentOS] can i get .spec file for apache httpd of centos?

Fri May 22 10:22:23 UTC 2015
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

Am 22.05.2015 um 11:37 schrieb Vijendra Agarwal (vijagarw) <vijagarw at cisco.com>:
> Hi All,
> Currently my system is using httpd 2.2.27. As there were many Vulnerability fixes released under 2.2.29, I would like to upgrade the Apache httpd.
> My system is having CentOS 6.5.
> 
> I checked on CentOS Repos using yum but could not find the latest httpd rpm from there. So I am building the httpd rpm from the source tar ball downloaded from apache site.
> I am able to build the rpm successfully but after installation I am facing lot many different issues such as
> 1. new rpm does not show anything for below command
> rpm –q httpd —changelog
> 2. If I check the compiler option used in httpd 2.2.27 and 2.2.29 are very different.
> For 2.2.27 :- httpd: -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic (Build by CentOS)
> For 2.2.29 :- httpd: -O2 –g (Build by myself)
> 
> Query
> =====
> 
> 
>  1.  How to provide the above compiler option so that the rpm get build with them?
>  2.  Is it possible to get httpd.spec file using which CentOS has build the httpd rpm?



Your primary goal is to stay secure, right? Then I suggest to 
keep your OS current and take also a look at: 

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/backporting/

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LF