Updated: gsasl, libgsasl/-doc/-devel/-common/18 2.2.2 - GNU Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)

[Cygwin gsasl Maintainer]

GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and
Security Layer (SASL) framework, consisting of a command line
application calling a library with several plugins.

For more information see the project home page:

	https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/

The following packages have been upgraded in Cygwin:

- gsasl			2.2.2
- libgsasl-doc		2.2.2
- libgsasl-devel	2.2.2
- libgsasl-common	2.2.2
- libgsasl18		2.2.2

See below or read /usr/share/doc/gsasl/NEWS after installation for
a summary of changes since the last Cygwin release, or read
/usr/share/doc/gsasl/ChangeLog after installation for details.


2025-03-30	2.2.2

- The release tarball is now reproducible.
  Builds on the following pairs of systems are tested continuously in
  GitLab CI/CD to assert that the tarball is identical: Trisquel 11
  against Ubuntu 22.04, PureOS 10 against Debian 11, Devuan 5 against
  Debian 12, AlmaLinux 8 against RockyLinux 8, and AlmaLinux 9 against
  RockyLinux 9.  There are still minor variations between non-similar
  platforms, depending on the different versions of the bootstrapping
  tools used.  For example, a tarball generated on a Trisquel 11
  (derived from Ubuntu 22.04) system should be identical to a tarball
  from a Ubuntu 22.04 system, but will not be identical to a tarball
  generated on a PureOS 10 system which uses different bootstrapping
  tool versions.  The release archive itself was prepared using Guix.

- We publish a minimal source-only tarball generated by 'git archive'.
  This tarball only contains the files stored in version controlled
  sources, and no auxiliary files.  The source-only tarball may be
  reproduced with Git 2.49.0 from Guix.  If something results in the
  'git archive' format changing again, the tarball can only be
  reproduced using an earlier system.  The git version in AlmaLinux 8,
  AlmaLinux 9, RockyLinux 8, RockyLinux 9, Devuan 5, Debian 12 and
  Ubuntu 24.04 all produce the same identical 'git archive' tarball.
  The git version used on Debian 11, PureOS 10, Trisquel 11 and Ubuntu
  22.04 produce another identical tarball.  These two 'git archive'
  outputs are not the same, due to how Git works.  The release archive
  itself was prepared using Guix.

- The release tarball uses tar --format=ustar.
  Some other flags are added too, to follow these recommendations:
  https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Reproducibility.html
  For reference, the GNUMakefile file from gnulib add to TAR_OPTIONS:

  --owner=0 --group=0 numeric-owner --sort=name

  The cfg.mk file further add:

  --mode=go+u,go-w --mtime=$(abs_top_srcdir)/NEWS

  The modification time of NEWS is always set to last git commit time
  before release, see below AC_OUTPUT in configure.ac.

  We hope that the tarball produced this way is usable on all host but
  please let us know if you run into troubles like unpacking the tarball
  or that some generated file is rebuilt needlessly requiring some
  maintainer tool that shouldn't normally be needed.

- libgsasl: Support for macOS GSS framework.

  Build using --with-gssapi-impl=framework to get native GSS-API
  implementation on macOS.  Patch from Daniel Macks.

- The gsasl tool now binds the "gnulib" domain for translations.

- The gsasl.h header #include's sys/types.h instead of unistd.h for ssize_t.

- Update gnulib files and build fixes.