[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#647460: Bug#647460: slapd: README.Debian.gz mentions obsolete note about GnuTLS and OpenSSL

[Quanah Gibson-Mount]

--On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:40 PM +0100 Rolf Kutz <rk at vzsze.de> 
wrote:

> Package: slapd
> Version: 2.4.23-7.2
> Severity: normal
>
>
> README.Debian.gz mentions obsolete note about GnuTLS and OpenSSL:
>
>   Finally, note that the Debian OpenLDAP packages have been compiled
>   against GnuTLS instead of OpenSSL to avoid licensing problems for
>   GPL-covered packages that use the LDAP libraries.  This is a supported
>   configuration, but it's not widely used outside of Debian.
>
> Since 2.2.23-0.pre1 slapd is build against OpenSSL.

I assume you mean this very last sentence is poorly worded?  It is 
definitely correct and current that Debian uses GnuTLS rather than OpenSSL 
for theoretical licensing issues.

--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Sr. Member of Technical Staff
Zimbra, Inc
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