Bug#566351: libgcrypt problem

2011-05-26 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 05/26/2011 02:06 PM, Clint Adams wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 03:55:21AM -0700, Howard Chu wrote: >> Anyway, probably the first step for GnuTLS is to add a new init API >> that also initializes gcrypt threading, so that apps do all of their >> interaction solely with GnuTLS, instead of havin

Bug#566351: libgcrypt problem

2011-05-26 Thread Clint Adams
On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 03:55:21AM -0700, Howard Chu wrote: > Anyway, probably the first step for GnuTLS is to add a new init API > that also initializes gcrypt threading, so that apps do all of their > interaction solely with GnuTLS, instead of having to also use gcrypt > init APIs and hope they a

Bug#566351: libgcrypt problem

2010-05-03 Thread Howard Chu
Simon Josefsson wrote: Howard Chu writes: App writers using gnutls should not need to know that libgcrypt is under the covers and needs special handling. The Libgcrypt designers appears to have believed otherwise, and given how broken the applications appear to be in this area decision (setui

Bug#566351: libgcrypt problem

2010-04-30 Thread Howard Chu
Simon Josefsson wrote: Howard Chu writes: None of the gnutls docs mention that any special initialization function needs to be called when using it in a threaded application. You must have missed this section: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/manual/html_node/Multi_002dthreaded-application

Bug#566351: libgcrypt problem

2010-04-30 Thread Simon Josefsson
Howard Chu writes: >> See comment #72 of this launchpad bug report for a detailed description >> of why libgcrypts behavior causes the problem in libldap. >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/sudo/+bug/423252/ >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/sudo/+bug/423252/comments/72 >

Bug#566351: libgcrypt problem

2010-04-29 Thread Howard Chu
See comment #72 of this launchpad bug report for a detailed description of why libgcrypts behavior causes the problem in libldap. https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/sudo/+bug/423252/ https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/sudo/+bug/423252/comments/72 Note that the root cause here is t