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Re: GnuTLS in Debian



On 2013-12-22 Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org> wrote:
[...]
> In July 2011 with version 3.0 [1] GnuTLS switched to Nettle as only
> supported crypto backend. Nettle requires GMP.

> GnuTLS and Nettle are available under LGPLv2.1+.  GMP used to be
> licensed LGPLv2.1+ ages ago but upgraded to LGPLv3+ in version 4.2.2
> (released September 2007).
[...]
> How to continue from here/solve this:
> ---------
> #1 Fork LGPLv2.1+ GMP (version 4.2.1) for Debian.
[...]

Good morning,

Adding one of the missing pieces:

nettle (2.7.1) can be built against GMP 4.2.1, however there is a
testsuite failure (ecc-modinv-test). The failure is probably caused by
some upstream bug in GMP. - Upgrading gmp to 2:4.3.1+dfsg-1 lets the
the test succeed, while versions up to and including 2:4.2.4+dfsg-8.1
fail.

cu Andreas
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