Re: Why stunnel3?

vince wrote:
> Two versions of stunnel are available - stunnel3 and stunnel4. Normally
> I would expect the higher numbered version to be the most recent and
> better supported version.

Agreed. But this is up to the package maintainer. You might want to file a BTS requesting it.

> Form some reason I don't know, I'm running stunnel3 and
> # apt-cache show stunnel
> reports
> Version: 2:3.26-dfsg-2
> Replaces: stunnel4
>
> Why has stunnel3 replaced stunnel4 on Debian?

Both packages replace or conflict with each other. This makes apt happy when moving from one to the other. I do not read that as a statement that stunnel v3 is the progression beyond v4.

> Which is really the preferred version of stunnel?

I always use stunnel4.

Bob

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