Bug#334813: [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]

Hi, I had tried compiling C-Kermit with openssl 0.9.8 using 
-DOPENSSL_097 and received compilation failures.

Arthur.

Christoph Martin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Arthur Marsh schrieb:
> 
>>Hi, the reason for wanting openssl 0.9.7 support is that some
>>applications still require it (rather than openssl 0.9.8), like C-Kermit
>>from ftp://ftp.columbia.edu/kermit/test/tar.
>>
>>As long as Debian maintains the libssl0.9.7 package for applications
>>that require openssl 0.9.7 support, shouldn't the libssl0.9.7-dev
>>package also be retained?
> 
> 
> As far as I can see from the source you provided, c-kermit needs *at
> least* openssl 0.9.7:
> 
> # NOTE: OpenSSL 0.9.6 and earlier are not compatible with 0.9.7 and later.
> # C-Kermit code is designed for 0.9.6.  To build with 0.9.7 you must add
> # -DOPENSSL_097 to avoid missing symbols in the DES library and to use the
> # entry points that were renamed to avoid conflict with Kerberos 4.
> 
> When this readme was written, openssl 0.9.8 was not availlable. Did you
> try to build with openssl 0.9.8?
> 
> Christoph
>