Hi Andreas, 2014-05-10 14:52 GMT+02:00 Andreas Metzler <ametz...@bebt.de>: > On 2014-05-10 Evan Huus <eapa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 3:10 AM, Andreas Metzler <ametz...@bebt.de> wrote: >>> Package: wireshark > [...] >>> This package uses gcrypt directly (not only as an indirect dependency >>> via gnutls) but does not build-depend on it. > >>> In the long turn it would be better to switch from gcrypt to gnutls' >>> crypto API, to limit external depencies. (GnuTLS v3 uses nettle >>> instead of gcrypt.) > >>> FWIW I have done a successful testbuild of wireshark against >>> libgnutls28-dev (and even libgcrypt20-dev). Please consider upgrading. > > >> If I recall correctly, Wireshark cannot currently be upgraded to GnuTLS v3 >> for license reasons; it is or creates a dependency on GPL3+ code while >> Wireshark needs to remain GPL2+. > > Hello Evan. > > That used to be the case but is fixed now. GnuTLS 3 depends directly > and indirectly via nettle on GMP. GPM was LGPLv3+ but is dual-licensed > GPLv2+/LGPLv3+ since version 6.0.0. GnuTLS 3 continues to be available > under LGPLv2.1+ Sounds OK. Please upload a usable GnuTLS 3 package to backports after it hits testing to let me provide backports for Wireshark depending on it.
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