[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#447431: Bug#447431: ntp: broken check for OpenSSL versions

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 01:14:47AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Package: ntp
> Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-1
> Severity: serious
> Tags: patch
> 
> The ntp package isn't usable in (at least) unstable, because it incorrectly
> presumes to second-guess the correct OpenSSL version to link against:

It checks against a development version and stable version of libssl.
0.9.8f had an incorrect version number stating it was a development
version.  It was fixed in 0.9.8g.

But I agree that it shouldn't be checking the version number.


Kurt