[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#786473: r-cran-rcurl: Linking to the NSS library causes failures.

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Charles,

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 11:29:12AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Package: r-cran-rcurl
> Version: 1.95-4.3-1
> Severity: important
> 
> we distribure RCurl linked to libcurl3-nss, but this causes failures
> with the 'devtools' R package:

Good catch.
 
> The solution to these failures is to link to libcurl3 instead (by
> build-depending on libcurl4-openssl-dev).
> 
> Would that cause forseable problems ?  If not, I would be tempted to
> call the bug "serious" and ask for a stable update.

I personally can't see any problem.
 
> What would you think about this ?

Just tell us whether you volunteer to do this or if you want somebody
else (=me) caring for it. 

Kind regards

    Andreas.
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