libcrypto++ package on Ubuntu/Debian is missing symbols

[sskeirik]

See all bug reports here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcrypto++/

In particular, the bug that affects us is: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcrypto++/+bug/1876166

This seems like a similar bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcrypto++/+bug/660171

This affects us because we want to use some of the missing symbols as crypto hooks. This forces us to have a more complex build/package process for any semantics that uses those hooks.

[dwightguth]

A short update:

It appears this bug is also present in the upstream source package for the Debian distribution that Ubuntu is based on. I did a search for their bug list there and found that the bug was in fact reported. I am now subscribed to the bug, but since it was reported in 2019, it seems unlikely that further action will come if we don't take it ourselves. I will try to create a patch into the package in the Debian distro.

[dwightguth]

I have submitted a patch that I tested and seems to fix the error involving crypto++. We now just have to wait for the package maintainer to respond... they don't seem very active, so dunno what we can do to speed things up.