Re: Latest openssl 1.0.2 for Jessie backports
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017, Jan Ingvoldstad wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Alexander Wirt <formorer@formorer.de> wrote:
>
> > I don't see any reasoning for such a big exeception.
>
> Is it really a big exception?
>
> The package is in Stretch, and therefore seems to satisfy the
> requirement of presence in version+1.
it is not. Thats a version in Debian.
>
> > Why do you need that, for what? Currently I don't think it is a good idea and
> > openssl is not just a simple package.
>
> As I understand it, backporting OpenSSL 1.1.0, which would seem to be
> the alternative, has wider ranging consequences:
>
> https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/OpenSSL_1.1.0_Changes#No_longer_works
>
> OpenSSL 1.0.2, on the other hand, seems to work as mostly a drop-in
> replacement for 1.0.1, without severe consequences, at least with the
> modifications that he proposes.
> --
> Jan
>
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