>> On March 7, 2015 1:34 PM Richard Moore via RT [mailto:[email protected]] >> wrote: > On 7 March 2015 at 18:11, Randall S. Becker via RT <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On March 7, 2015 1:02 PM Richard Moore via RT > > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > wrote: > > >> On 7 March 2015 at 17:14, Randall S. Becker via RT <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > > > Please forgive the potential red-herring nature of this minor > > > > report, however.. > > > > > > > > Openssl distribution depends on tardy, which in turn, depends on > > > > libexplain. > > > > According to > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=765335, > > > > the libexplain maintainer has retired and the package is orphaned. > > > > This is potentially represents an issue as libexplain is highly > > embedded in > > > tardy. > > > > > > > > > > This sounds purely a packaging issue with debian and nothing to do > > > with openssl itself. > > > > Tardy is referenced in the openssl Makefile tar rule, which is there > > the dependency manifests. > > > > $(TAR) $(TARFLAGS) --files-from ../$(TARFILE).list -cvf - | \ > > tardy --user_number=0 --user_name=openssl \ > > --group_number=0 --group_name=openssl \ > > --prefix=openssl-$(VERSION) - |\ > > gzip --best >../$(TARFILE).gz; \ > > > > > Surely you build your packages from the release tar balls? That means that > this > rule is never used.
We are building from git, as it is how we apply our platform patches. Support was recently dropped for Tandem/NonStop, so we have little choice here, other than hand-patching, which is not sustainable. Aside, I am just trying to bring an awareness to potential unsupported product dependency. Nothing more. _______________________________________________ openssl-dev mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-dev
