Re: Bug#249365: apache-ssl fails to install

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net>]

reassign 249365 ssl-cert
stop

This is already a known problem in ssl-cert.

Fabio

On Sun, 16 May 2004, Pedro Corte-Real wrote:

> Package: apache-ssl
> Version: 1.3.29.0.2-7
> Severity: important
>
> I get this when installing apache-ssl:
>
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> Selecting previously deselected package ssl-cert.
> (Reading database ... 112483 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking ssl-cert (from .../ssl-cert_1.0-7_all.deb) ...
> Selecting previously deselected package apache-ssl.
> Unpacking apache-ssl (from .../apache-ssl_1.3.29.0.2-7_i386.deb) ...
> Setting up ssl-cert (1.0-7) ...
>
> Setting up apache-ssl (1.3.29.0.2-7) ...
> Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key
> .........................................++++++
> ......................................++++++
> writing new private key to '/etc/apache-ssl/apache.pem'
> -----
> problems making Certificate Request
> 2013:error:0D07A098:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_mbstring_copy:string too
> short:a_mbstr.c:147:minsize=1
> dpkg: error processing apache-ssl (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  apache-ssl
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> I think this happened because I left one of the fields for the SSL
> certificate blanck. If that's not allowed it shouldn't let me do it.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Pedro Côrte-Real.
>
>

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