Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> writes:
> On 7 November 2012 at 12:18, Christoph Egger wrote:
> | Hi!
> | 
> | Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> writes:
> | > | > Package libcurl-dev is a virtual package provided by:
> | > | >   libcurl4-openssl-dev 7.28.0-2
> | > | >   libcurl4-nss-dev 7.28.0-2
> | > | >   libcurl4-gnutls-dev 7.28.0-2
> | > | 
> | > | Note: you can't build-depend on a virtual package with more than one
> | > |       provider.
> | >
> | > Ding, of course.  My pbuilder let me down which much have had one 
> installed. 
> | >
> | > What is the preferred choice here?
> | 
> | First thing is probably license compatibility as OpenSSL isn't
> | license-compatible with GPL-ed software and gnutls is GPL-ish. nss seems
> | to be a newcommer as an alternative.
>
> That's what I vaguely recalled. I'll try gnutls then.
>
> Best best is probably 
>
>    llibcurl4-dev | libcurl4-gnutls-dev 

You need it the other way 'round as libcurl4-dev is again virtual with
multiple providers and buildds only consider the first alternative to
make builds reproducible (as far as possible).

Regards

    Christoph


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