Debian Bug report logs - #16855
e2fsprogsg listed as obsolete, e2fsprogs's Provides/Replaces/Conflicts ineffective

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <jgoerzen@complete.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg: Bug regarding Provides/Replaces/Conflicts

Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 09:07:45 -0600

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.19

In my latest update, I noticed that e2fsprogsg was listed as obsolete in
dselect.  After a bit of investigation, I saw a package named e2fsprogs in
base/required that Provides, Replaces, and Conflicts e2fsprogsg.  Yet
e2fsprogs was not selected for installation by dselect.  What is wrong here?

-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.3
Kernel Version: Linux garfield 2.0.33 #1 Wed Jan 7 18:55:27 CST 1998 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
libc6	Version: 2.0.6-2
libg++272	Version: 2.7.2.8-0.1
ncurses3.4	Version: 1.9.9g-7

Message #16 received at 16855-forwarded@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>

To: 16855-forwarded@bugs.debian.org, mysql@lists.mysql.com

Subject: Please clarify copyright of shared library.

Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 18:23:50 +0100

Hello

The follwing bug was reported against the Debian libmysqlclient10
package. Can you comment on this?

The mentioned /usr/share/doc/ copyright file includes a copy of
http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/o/Copyright.html

bye,

-christian-

On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 05:03:06PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Package: libmysqlclient10
> Version: 3.23.51-1woody4
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello,
> /usr/share/doc/libmysqlclient10/copyright states "This program is
> free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
> terms of the GNU General Public License".
> 
> If you take a look at the files in
> mysql-dfsg-3.23.53/libmysql/* you'll notice that all of them are
> licensed under  *L*GPL.
> 
> Nevertheless this does not make libmysqlclient10 licensed under LGPL
> because mysql-dfsg-3.23.53/libmysql/net.c includes mysqld_error.h, a
> GPLed file.
> 
> Please clarify this issue with upstream, whether this was an accident
> and libmysqlclient10 is supposed to be LGPL or if it was intended and
> libmysqlclient10 is indeed licensed under GPL.
> 
> I hope it is the former, else it'd be impossible to link against
> libmysqlclient10 and e.g. OpenSSL at the same time.
>           thanks, cu andreas

# for the robot: php mysql

Message #21 received at 16855-forwarded@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Axmark <david@mysql.com>

To: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>, 16855-forwarded@bugs.debian.org, mysql@lists.mysql.com

Cc: Lenz Grimmer <lenz@mysql.com>

Subject: Re: Please clarify copyright of shared library. (fwd)

Date: 20 Feb 2003 16:57:56 +0100

I got this forwarded to me.

Yes the library from 4.0 and above is now GPL. And in 3.23 it was LGPL.

As for the inability to link with OpenSSL we as the copyright holder
can allow this. And we do so.

The same license incomparability problem also appears for the Apache
and Eclipse people that we are talking to.

Basically we will allow linking with our GPL library with any true
OpenSource package (OSI guidelines).

We will but something in the license but I need to get something from a
lawyer and also get it approved by IBM legal department that might take
time...

/David

> - ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 18:23:50 +0100
> From: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
> To: 16855-forwarded@bugs.debian.org, mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: Please clarify copyright of shared library.
> 
> Hello
> 
> The follwing bug was reported against the Debian libmysqlclient10
> package. Can you comment on this?
> 
> The mentioned /usr/share/doc/ copyright file includes a copy of
> http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/o/Copyright.html
> 
> bye,
> 
> - -christian-
> 
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 05:03:06PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > Package: libmysqlclient10
> > Version: 3.23.51-1woody4
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Hello,
> > /usr/share/doc/libmysqlclient10/copyright states "This program is
> > free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
> > terms of the GNU General Public License".
> >
> > If you take a look at the files in
> > mysql-dfsg-3.23.53/libmysql/* you'll notice that all of them are
> > licensed under  *L*GPL.
> >
> > Nevertheless this does not make libmysqlclient10 licensed under LGPL
> > because mysql-dfsg-3.23.53/libmysql/net.c includes mysqld_error.h, a
> > GPLed file.
> >
> > Please clarify this issue with upstream, whether this was an accident
> > and libmysqlclient10 is supposed to be LGPL or if it was intended and
> > libmysqlclient10 is indeed licensed under GPL.
> >
> > I hope it is the former, else it'd be impossible to link against
> > libmysqlclient10 and e.g. OpenSSL at the same time.
> >           thanks, cu andreas
> 
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