Re: Please recompile packages against libmysqlclient12.

["Francesco P. Lovergine" <frankie@debian.org>]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 12:05:49AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 01:30:26PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > Previously Sander Smeenk wrote:
> > > So, what *am* I supposed to do? Rebuild against libmysqlclient12
> > > and break licenses? Not rebuild and have an uninstallable snort-mysql? 
> > 
> > The only viable approaches seem to be (in random order)
> > 
> > * fork libmysqlclient 
> > * convince the MySQL folks to revert their license change
> > * switch to postgres
> > * get upstream developers to add a clause to their license to permit
> >   linking to OpenSSL or move to GnuTLS (only an option if your
> >   application has an GPL compatible license)
> 
> Can libmysqlclient be built without encryption support (OpenSSL or
> GnuTLS)?
> 

That lib is not dependent on ssl support. But many programs depend on both.
That's the problem.

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Francesco P. Lovergine