[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#334813: libssl0.9.7: now need source package openssl097 compiled to build other apps that require openssl 0.9.7

[Arthur Marsh]

Package: libssl0.9.7
Version: 0.9.7g-5
Severity: normal


Hi, with the removal of the libssl0.9.7-dev package, I now have to 
download the openssl097 souce package, configure it to include shared 
libraries and run make on openssl097 in order to compile C-Kermit with 
openssl 0.9.7 support. When compiled, C-Kermit can then use the 
shared libssl installed by the libssl0.9.7 package.

Is there a way for Debian to allow for multiple versions of development 
files (openssl 0.9.7 and openssl 0.9.8 in this case) to be installed at 
the same time, so that one does not need to download source packages and 
manually configure paths in order to build applications that may be 
dependent on different versions of development files?

Regards,

Arthur. 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libssl0.9.7 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.4.58     Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-7    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

libssl0.9.7 recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  libssl0.9.7/restart-services: