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Re: [PATCH] Deb Packaging fixes: Build against Mozilla libs for Debian, conflict with "git"

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Jul 23, 2005, 16:24 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.58.0507230921320.6074@g5.osdl.org>
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Ryan Anderson wrote:
> 
>     * Compile against the unencumbered Mozilla SHA1 code, instead of
>       the iffy OpenSSL code.  This makes it easier to get the package
>       included for distribution with Debian.
Note that this is just not true.

We still use openssl for the bignum stuff in epoch.c, so using the mozilla SHA1 libraries just doesn't make any difference at all from an openssl standpoint. You'd have to disable the "--merge-order" flag entirely to get rid of the openssl dependency, methinks.

		Linus
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  1. Deb Packaging fixes: Build against Mozilla libs for Debian, conflict with "git"Ryan Anderson, Jul 23, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2005
  3. Ryan AndersonJul 23, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsJul 23, 2005
  5. Ryan AndersonJul 23, 2005
  6. Deb Packaging fixes: Build against Mozilla libs for Debian, conflict with "git"Ryan Anderson, Jul 23, 2005
  7. Alexey NezhdanovJul 24, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2005
  9. Ryan AndersonJul 25, 2005

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