Net:HTTP 6.05 dows not work with VMware-vSphere-Perl-SDK [rt.cpan.org #81684]

Migrated from rt.cpan.org#81684 (status was 'open')

Requestors:

• kryol@bigmir.net

Attachments:

• Net-HTTP-pending.diff
• VICommon.pm.diff

From kryol@bigmir.net on 2012-12-04 07:40:22
:

After update Net-HTTP from 6.03 to 6.05 VMware-vSphere-Perl-SDK does not
work 
I get 
SOAP request error - possibly a protocol issue: <?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?>

For 6.03 all worked fine.

I use FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE. Not tested for another OSes.

# perl -v

This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 4 (v5.12.4) built for
i386-freebsd-64int

How-to-repeat:
e.g.
/usr/local/share/examples/vmware-vsphere-cli/performance/viperformance.pl --host
XX.XX.XX.XX --server XX.XX.XX.XX --countertype net --samples 1
--instance "*" --username root --password XXXXXXXXX

From nierlein@cpan.org on 2013-04-19 15:29:39
:

seems like this issue was solved by #81237 (released with 6.0.6)

From martineau.jl@gmail.com on 2013-09-11 18:57:00
:

Net-HTTP 6.06 might fix the bug when using IO::Socket::SSL but vmware is
using Crypt::SSLeay.
A similar fix for Net::SSL is required, the problem is that Net::SSL do not
yet have the pending method, it should be added, returning the value of
SSL_pending.

The correct fix is probably:
   return 1 if $self->can('pending') && $self->pending;
and ask the Net::SSL maintainer to add the pending method.

From martineau.jl@gmail.com on 2014-04-24 21:31:49
:

Net::HTTP-6.04 and newer are not compatible with Net::SSL

Net::SSL2.86 add the 'pending' method.

The attached patch fix Net:HTTP to use the pending method of Net:SSL.

A new release with this patch will be appreciated by all vmware users,
downgrading LWP and Net::SSL will no longer be required.

Jean-Louis

From https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmgj_ZwMoFVbbbACmIegfUp5mGrRAE9rHA on 2014-10-23 22:50:51
:

On Thu Apr 24 17:31:49 2014, martineau.jl@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> A new release with this patch will be appreciated by all vmware users,
> downgrading LWP and Net::SSL will no longer be required.

This patch doesn't work for me to fix the VMware Perl SDK.  What does work is to remove the parts in VICommon.pm that explicitly require Net::SSL or Crypt::SSLeay.

Start by reviewing Net-HTTP's SSL handling alongside the attached Net-HTTP-pending.diff and VICommon.pm.diff. Reproduce the VMware-vSphere-Perl-SDK request if possible, then determine which compatibility behavior is still needed for Net::SSL or Crypt::SSLeay. Done means the VMware request works without requiring users to downgrade dependencies.