Fwd: [Clamav-devel] Bug#512776: License incompatibility with libgmp ("GPLv2 only" linking to "LGPLv3 or later")

[David Billinghurst]

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.

	David

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