On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 01:21:53PM -0500, Chad Miller wrote: > [trim] > Wichert immediately asked for the package to be added back, but someone > noted that freeradius, a GPL program, linked against libssl, so it > couldn't go back in. > > Well, it doesn't _directly_ link against libssl, or I could try instead > to use gnutls. In fact, the only place (I think!) radiusd-freeradius > "uses libssl" is its postgresql module, which links against libpq, which > requires libssl. > > (Though it's not directly required, I added "libssl" as a build-depends > earlier for someone who tried to build from source while postgresql was > transitioning from non-us, and he couldn't apt-get all of the dependencies > without adding lines to his sources.list, and he (I think) wanted explicit > dependencies on libssl. ) Using the setup in the 0.8.1 tarball, plus the patches I have posted as bug reports, the resulting .deb files _do_ link against libssl for packages radiusd-freeradius-ldap, radiusd-freeradius-postgresql and the file rlm_eap_tls-0.8.1.so in the radiusd-freeradius package itself. Side note, Can someone point me at a reference for the problems openssl has with licensing? I'm not too clear... Is it as simple as "Openssl has forbidden linking to GPL software"? -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, MCSE 5th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) Paul.Hampson@Anu.edu.au Of course Pacman didn't influence us as kids. If it did, we'd be running around in darkened rooms, popping pills and listening to repetitive music. This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial use, duplication and distribution. -----------------------------------------------------------
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