Re: RFS: esmtp (updated package)
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 05:08 +0000, José Fonseca wrote:
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.0-1
> of my package "esmtp".
>
> It builds these binary packages:
> esmtp - User configurable relay-only MTA
> esmtp-run - User configurable relay-only MTA
>
> The package is lintian clean, with the exception of the
> possible-gpl-code-linked-with-openssl message reported by recent lintian
> versions. I believe this error does not apply to this package since it
> does not depend on openssl directly. It depends on libesmtp, which is
> LGPL, which in turns depends on openssl. Unfornately, the upstream build
> links with -lssl anyway (probably for static linking sake), so the
> binary has a bunch of unneeded dependencies:
>
> dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libdl.so.2 could be avoided if "debian/esmtp/usr/bin/esmtp" were not uselessly linked against it (they use none of its symbols).
> dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libssl.so.0.9.8 could be avoided if "debian/esmtp/usr/bin/esmtp" were not uselessly linked against it (they use none of its symbols).
> dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libcrypto.so.0.9.8 could be avoided if "debian/esmtp/usr/bin/esmtp" were not uselessly linked against it (they use none of its symbols).
> dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libpthread.so.0 could be avoided if "debian/esmtp/usr/bin/esmtp" were not uselessly linked against it (they use none of its symbols).
>
> I'm planning to request lintian override. If anybody has a better
> suggestion please let me know.
Never mind -- I've just learned about --as-needed ld flag that solves
both issues.
> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
> - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/e/esmtp
> - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/e/esmtp/esmtp_1.0-1.dsc
>
> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.
I've re-uploaded the package to mentors.debian.net.
Regards,
Jose
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