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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:44:53 +0100
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Subject: Re: Fwd: [Clamav-devel] Bug#512776: License incompatibility with   libgmp  ("GPLv2 only" linking to "LGPLv3 or later")
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David Billinghurst schrieb:
> Reini Urban wrote:
>> Attached is a clamav license incompatibility bug with libgmp from the 
>> debian lawyers. clamav might be forced to link against an older libgmp.
>>
>> The switch to LGPL3 came with gmp-4.2.2, so gmp-4.2.1 would be needed 
>> for clamav compatibility.  But prev is gmp-4.2.3-1, so we might need a 
>  > new gmp-compat package based on gmp-4.2.1.
> 
> I can provide this if required, but I don't want to rush into it.
> 
> Some questions come to mind:
>  - what should it be called? gmp-compat?
>  - where should we install it? /opt/gmp-compat/{lib,include}
>  - would a static library suitable?  No run time dependency,
>    and we won't be upgrading it.

Problem solved upstream. Thanks.

The next clamav version will use LibTomMath (bundled with
ClamAV) instead of libgmp.
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Reini Urban
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