gnupg 1.2.0 uses excessive file descriptors

[Albert Chin]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 06:37:48PM -0400, David Shaw wrote:
> I have to confess I'm getting a little annoyed with OpenLDAP.  The
> list of libraries that need to be linked to change occasionally with
> new releases and on different platforms and it's difficult/impossible
> to cover all of the possible permutations in GnuPG.  The latest devel
> version builds with crypto by default, so it requires all those
> libraries as well.  Most packages that have complex link dependencies
> provide a "packagename-config" script that outputs the necessary link
> dependencies so programs like GnuPG don't have to play
> guess-the-dependency, but unfortunately OpenLDAP does not seem to have
> such a script.
> 
> I've added a "LDAPLIBS" variable to 1.2.1, so that users can at least
> try and figure out the dependencies themselves if the automatic
> configuration fails.

The real problem is that the OpenLDAP shared library should embed the
dependencies. Then you just have to -lldap and the magic happens..

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albert chin (china at thewrittenword.com)