On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 09:46:26PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Paul TBBle Hampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Mind you, the license/OpenSSLCallback conflict neccessarily > > segregates the packages into two camps, those which are GPL, and > > those which need the callback only supplied by the OpenSSL-linked > > libcurl. > > You misunderstand my complaint. > > I do not care that a given package cannot link to SSL and also be > GPLd. That's a hassle, but it's endurable. > > What I complain is that, once the packages have been so segregated, it > is now *impossible* to even install both kinds on the same Debian > system at the same time. *That* is intolerable. > > I don't care about the callback. The package maintainers have the job > of deciding whether the packages implement the same ABI or not. > DECIDE. > > If the answer is "yes", then they should both be drop-in replacements, > and Provide the same virtual package. > > If the answer is "no", then they should install different files in the > Debian namespace and should not Conflict with each other. > > DECIDE, and then do whichever. But the current "solution" is utterly > unacceptible.
Thomas, i'm aware of the poor (non-)solution currently realized. yesterday i was rolling a new upload with a modified name for libcurl3-gnutls to allow both the packages to be installed at the same time when i finally understood why i probably need versioned symbols. then i looked for some kind soul (Matthias Urlichs) who introduced me to the world of versioned symbols. so my next favourite solution is: curl openssl libcurl3 openssl, versioned symbols libcurl3-dev openssl libcurl3-gnutls gnutls, versioned symbols libcurl3-gnutls-dev gnutls libcurl3-dbg openssl will libcurl3 with versioned symbols break existing packages linked to it? cheers domenico -----[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok --[ http://people.debian.org/~cavok/gpgkey.asc ---[ 3A0F 2F80 F79C 678A 8936 4FEE 0677 9033 A20E BC50 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]