[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#368297: Does OpenLDAP has any GPLv2 dependency?

[Ryan Tandy]

Hi everyone,

On 14-08-23 10:39 PM, Ryan Tandy wrote:
> On 03/08/14 03:29 PM, Simon McVittie wrote:
>> As far as I understand it, this became simpler in recent months:
>>
>> * gnutls28 links against gmp, which was relicensed to "LGPL-3+ or
>> GPL-2+",
>>    making it possible to link GPL-2 (only) code to gnutls28
>>
>> So would linking OpenLDAP to gnutls28 (#745231, tagged pending) close
>> this
>> RC bug as a side-effect?
>
> I believe so, yes. For example, with openldap built from what's
> currently in git, sudo as an LDAP user works, while in current sid it
> still fails like it always has.

This has finally been completed: openldap 2.4.40-1 links with gnutls28 
and nettle, and gcrypt has been completely removed.

As far as I can tell, this bug is now fixed in unstable, but could 
someone who else is affected please confirm that?

thanks,
Ryan