On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 02:56:23PM +0800, Yangfl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Many of packages include bundled Aladdin Enterprises independent
> implementation of md5. Full list can be seen at
> https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=typedef+unsigned+char+md5_byte_t&perpkg=1
> (100 packages)
>
> As discussed in #909116, libmd-dev now provides a compatible interface
> for that, so bundled sources should be dropped.
>...
What exactly are the benefits?
Are they worth making not upstreamable changes to 100 packages?
I would expect sane upstreams to resist adding a dependency on a library
version the is currently not present in the stable release of any Linux
distribution.
> A potential fix for that might be replace the md5.h header with
>
> #define LIBMD_MD5_ALADDIN
> #include <md5.h>
>
> remove building for md5.c, and add
>
> Build-Depends: libmd-dev (>= 1.0.1)
How will you verify that this change is correct in all cases?
We have so many regressions due to Debian maintainers blindly making
changes they don't understand - and that were not tested at all before
uploading to the archive.
> Thanks,
cu
Adrian
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