OpenSSH V8.9-1E installation fails on AXP

[adam]

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Generating public/private keys:
%DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image SSL3$LIBSSL_SHR32
-CLI-E-IMAGEFNF, image file not found ALFAVM$DKA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]SSL3$
LIBSSL_SHR32.EXE;
%PCSI-I-SPAWNEXE, error executing: @PCSI$DESTINATION:[OPENSSH.BIN]SSH$GENERATE_K
EYS.COM

%PCSI-E-EXEPSTFAIL, product supplied EXECUTE POSTINSTALL procedure failed
-CLI-E-IMAGEFNF, image file not found !AS
%PCSI-E-OPFAILED, operation failed

And if I go ahead and finish the install anyway, connecting fails: the VMS server side is not happy.

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debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_9.2p1 Debian-2
kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
Connection closed by 192.168.248.242 port 2022

Do I need to install libssl3 separately first? If so, where do I get that from? If not, what's going on?

[sms]

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> OpenSSH V8.9-1E installation fails on AXP

   Are you running some version of VMS?

      tcpip show version

   I haven't tried this except on x86_64, so I know nothing, but...

> -CLI-E-IMAGEFNF, image file not found ALFAVM$DKA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]SSL3$
> LIBSSL_SHR32.EXE;

> Do I need to install libssl3 separately first? [...]

   That'd be my guess.  On an IA64 system, I see:

ITS $ dire /date sys$share:*ssl3*

Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]

SSL3$LIBCRYPTO_SHR.EXE;1
                      2-DEC-2022 18:41:17.71
SSL3$LIBCRYPTO_SHR32.EXE;1
                     14-DEC-2022 17:40:42.69
SSL3$LIBSSL_SHR.EXE;1
                      2-DEC-2022 18:47:12.44
SSL3$LIBSSL_SHR32.EXE;1
                     14-DEC-2022 17:48:36.03

Total of 4 files.

ITS $ prod show prod *ssl3*
------------------------------------ ----------- ---------
PRODUCT                              KIT TYPE    STATE
------------------------------------ ----------- ---------
VSI I64VMS SSL3 V3.0-7               Full LP     Installed
------------------------------------ ----------- ---------
 
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   Did you read the release notes?

      https://vmssoftware.com/openkits/alpopensource/AXPVMS-OPENSSH-V0809-1E-1-RNOTES.PDF

Look for "Requirements"?

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM

> [...] If so, where do I get that from? [...]

   I might try:

      https://vmssoftware.com/products/ssl3/

[adam]

Yes indeed, the problem was missing SSLv3. So I apparently did not read the release notes.

[sms]

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> [...] So I apparently did not read the release notes.

   On the other hand, although what I don't know about the POLYCENTER
Software Installation (PCSI) Utility could constitute a pretty complete
manual for that product, the actual PCSI manual seems to suggest that
PCSI includes a mechanism which could be used in such a case to check
such a dependency, and report the problem in a kinder/gentler way than
%PCSI-E-EXEPSTFAIL.

   I seem to have dim recollections of seeing more helpful messages in
my own past installation failures, but the folks at VSI might be in a
bit of a hurry these days.

      https://docs.vmssoftware.com/vsi-openvms-polycenter-software-installation-utility-manual/