Re: Bug#826608: hfsprogs: Please switch to use libmd instead of OpenSSL's libcrypto
Hi!
On Thu, 2023-06-22 at 21:59:45 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Apologies for the late reply!
No problem at all!
> On Thu, 2023-03-23 at 23:15 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > [ Sorry had not seen the reply until now when I was doing a pass
> > over submitted bugs over the BTS web archive, as I was not CCed. ]
> >
> > On Tue, 2022-05-03 at 16:52:03 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > > While I think this change is a sensible idea, I'm a bit hesitant to apply it
> > > as it changes quite a large number of source files.
> >
> > The bulk of the patch was mostly patch metadata and rebase artifacts,
> > the actual patch introducing the change modified only 4 files.
> >
> > > Are there any compelling reasons for not using OpenSSL?
> >
> > It reduces the dependency tree, as libbsd has transitively linked
> > against libmd for a long time, and libmd is now even in the
> > pseudo-essential set (via dpkg). :)
>
> Thanks, this is actually convincing and I am going to implement this change
> for the next upload. However, it will take a little longer until the next
> upload happens as I am currently reworking the package based on Apple's latest
> version of the HFS upstream code [1].
Great to hear, :) and no hurry.
Thanks,
Guillem
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