[Pkg-samba-maint] Re: samba 3.0.23d in debian etch

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 01:21:43PM -0500, Jamie ffolliott wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:03:41AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > > > Is there a reason samba is linked against the old 
> > libldap2 libraries
> > > > (2.1.30)?   The current release of openldap is in etch, 
> > in libldap-2.3-0
> > > > (2.3.30).

> > OpenLDAP 2.1 is the only version that has been ported to 
> > GNUTLS instead of OpenSSL, so it's the only version for which 
> > Debian provides a -dev package.

> Ok a -dev package would be a trivial thing, I can't see that being a big
> issue.

> Is there any info on why GNUTLS is a sticking point, over the tried-and-true
> openssl libraries?

Because the OpenSSL license is not compatible with the GPL.

> Could we not link against a more current version of openldap, should a -dev
> package become available?

A -dev package isn't going to become available until after etch, when the
GNUTLS porting work is integrated.  Having two different versions of libldap
in use on the system is prone to cause crashes due to lack of symbol
versioning.

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