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Bug#896165: linux: request packaging of bpftool

From	Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#896165: linux: request packaging of bpftool
Date	2018-11-21 06:40 +0100
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 11:34:26PM -0800, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> Please see https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/merge_requests/72

Ugh. We cannot currently package bpftool in Debian. There are several
GPLv2-only files in its source tree, and it links unconditionally
against the GPLv3 libbfd. :(

There is work underway to make libbfd optional, so the situation may
change before too long:
https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg254808.html

noah

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Bug#896165: linux: request packaging of bpftool Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2018-11-20 09:00 +0100
  Bug#896165: linux: request packaging of bpftool Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2018-11-20 12:50 +0100
  Bug#896165: linux: request packaging of bpftool Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2018-11-21 06:40 +0100

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