Bug#263665: Please use gcrypt11/gnutls11 instead of gcrypt7/gnutls10
Andreas Metzler
Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>, 263665@bugs.debian.org
Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:18:05 +0200
On 2004-08-05 smurf@debian.org wrote:
> Subject: Please use gcrypt11/gnutls11 instead of gcrypt7/gnutls10
> Package: exim4
> Severity: important
> 'exim4-daemon-heavy' depends on gcrypt7 or gnutls10.
> These packages are no longer supported by Upstream and contain serious
> deficiencies / bugs which may turn out to be a security problem.
> See [0] and followup emails, and [1] for further details.
> Therefore, we want to get rid of gcrypt7 and gnutls10 in Sarge.
> gcrypt11 and gnutls11 have an upwards-compatible API; in most cases you
> only have to update your debian/control file.
> Please upload a fixed version soon. Thank you.
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I'd like to wait a little bit until the autobuilders have some
breathing space again. exim4 is part of base, BTW.
cu andreas