GNU bug report logs - #22831
OpenSSL should not depend on Perl

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Package: guix;

Reported by: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 17:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 22831 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22831 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22831: OpenSSL should not depend on Perl
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:48:15 -0500

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 02:37:54PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:
> 
> > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 06:05:29PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> >> Commit 784d6e91 changed OpenSSL such that it does not depend on Perl,
> >> but one of the subsequent upgrades broke it:
> >
> > Bisecting, I narrowed it down to:
> > 86c8f1daf8ed10f13f2b1e973a28845629b8ce47
> > (gnu: openssl: Update to 1.0.2e [fixes CVE-2015-{3193,3194,3195}].).
> >
> > I'll get the openssl sources corresponding to the good and bad commmits
> > and try to figure out what changed that pulled perl back in.
> 
> Also we should add something like:
> 
>   #:allowed-references (list (canonical-package glibc)
>                              (list (canonical-package gcc) "lib")
>                              "out")
> 
> to avoid regressions.

Okay, good idea.

> 
> (A case where #:disallowed-references would be more convenient, but it’s
> not yet implemented.  :-))
> 
> Ludo’.
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