On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 05:08 +0000, José Fonseca wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.0-1 > of my package "esmtp". > > It builds these binary packages: > esmtp - User configurable relay-only MTA > esmtp-run - User configurable relay-only MTA > > The package is lintian clean, with the exception of the > possible-gpl-code-linked-with-openssl message reported by recent lintian > versions. I believe this error does not apply to this package since it > does not depend on openssl directly. It depends on libesmtp, which is > LGPL, which in turns depends on openssl. Unfornately, the upstream build > links with -lssl anyway (probably for static linking sake), so the > binary has a bunch of unneeded dependencies: > > dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libdl.so.2 could be avoided if > "debian/esmtp/usr/bin/esmtp" were not uselessly linked against it (they use > none of its symbols). > dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libssl.so.0.9.8 could be avoided if > "debian/esmtp/usr/bin/esmtp" were not uselessly linked against it (they use > none of its symbols). > dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libcrypto.so.0.9.8 could be avoided > if "debian/esmtp/usr/bin/esmtp" were not uselessly linked against it (they > use none of its symbols). > dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libpthread.so.0 could be avoided if > "debian/esmtp/usr/bin/esmtp" were not uselessly linked against it (they use > none of its symbols). > > I'm planning to request lintian override. If anybody has a better > suggestion please let me know.
Never mind -- I've just learned about --as-needed ld flag that solves both issues. > The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: > - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/e/esmtp > - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main > contrib non-free > - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/e/esmtp/esmtp_1.0-1.dsc > > I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. I've re-uploaded the package to mentors.debian.net. Regards, Jose -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
