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Re: Bug#291945: eleventh-hour transition for mysql-using packages related to apache



On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 09:53:34AM +0100, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote:
> > > Nice, so we should check that any linked GPL library directly (obviuolsy) or
> > > indirectly (with N=1,2,3... levels of indirection) linked against
> > > openssl adds the exception.

> > No, we should simply not be linking libmysqlclient against OpenSSL.  The
> > exemption was needed because there exists software that uses both
> > libmysqlclient and libssl, but making libmysqlclient itself use libssl just
> > because we now have the exemption will cause licensing problems for
> > applications which currently do *not* depend on libssl.

> That's clear, I meant simply that if program A links libB which links libC
> which links libssl, than both A, libB and libC should add the exception,
> isn't it? That's independently from having A using libssl functions
> directly or not.

That's true; I'm merely pointing out the importance of not turning
libmysqlclient into libC here.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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