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Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available
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Bernhard Voelker |
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Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available |
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Wed, 04 Dec 2013 16:58:00 +0100 |
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On 12/04/2013 02:45 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 12/04/2013 01:39 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>> --with-openssl The coreutils default is: --with-openssl=optional
>> --with-openssl use libcrypto hash routines. Valid ARGs are: 'yes',
>> 'no', 'optional' => use if available
>
> I've documented the reason for that at least in configure.ac:
>
> dnl Enable use of libcrypto if available.
> dnl Note we could do this as follows:
> dnl AS_VAR_SET_IF([with_openssl], [], [with_openssl=optional])
> dnl However that would not document the coreutils adjusted default,
> dnl so we add another --with-openssl description just to document that
>
> It's the best I could come up with for now,
> and I don't think it's too bad?
Well, I think it's confusing because of the names:
'openssl' and 'libcrypto' (shouldn't the latter be 'libgcrypt'?) are
distinct packages on an actual system, so I don't see how a user may
choose between them with 'yes'|'no'|'optional'.
What do I miss?
Have a nice day,
Berny
- [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/03
- Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/04
- Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/12/04
- Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/04
- Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available,
Bernhard Voelker <=
- Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/04
- Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/12/04
- Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/08
- Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available, Paul Eggert, 2013/12/08
- Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/08
- Re: [PATCH] md5sum, sha*sum: use libcrypto where available, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/09