On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:46:09AM +0200, Lisa Minogue wrote: > I would prefer that Samuli patches pkcs11 for Debian/Ubuntu. I am sure > patches for pkcs11 exist for other Linux distros. So why should Debian/Ubuntu > be left out? In addition Ubuntu is the most popular among Linux distros. > > How long does it take for Samuli to issue the pkcs11 patch for Debian/Ubuntu? > One week? Two weeks? One month? We can wait so long as we know that a quality > patch is available at the end of the wait. > > Is it difficult to patch pkcs11 for Debian/Ubuntu compared to patching for > other Linux distros? That could be the reason Samuli decided not to patch for > Debian/Ubuntu. > > It is the OpenSSL "Heartbleed" bug that leads to Samuli being so busy over > the past few days. We appreciate his time and effort spent on rolling out new > versions of OpenVPN software. >
Hi Leroy, Mind this patch is only required for Samuli's (backported) packages. The packages in Debian (and later Ubuntu) do not need any patching, since the required version of pkcs11 is already present in the development and testing suites (sid and jessie). Regards, Alberto -- Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta | Formación, consultoría y soporte técnico mailto/sip: a...@inittab.org | en GNU/Linux y software libre Encrypted mail preferred | http://inittab.com Key fingerprint = 5347 CBD8 3E30 A9EB 4D7D 4BF2 009B 3375 6B9A AA55
