From owner-freebsd-current Wed May 28 13:59:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA02558 for current-outgoing; Wed, 28 May 1997 13:59:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grackle.grondar.za (grackle.grondar.za [196.7.18.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA02091; Wed, 28 May 1997 13:52:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grackle.grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grackle.grondar.za (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA05794; Wed, 28 May 1997 22:51:45 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199705282051.WAA05794@grackle.grondar.za> To: Bill Paul cc: ache@nagual.pp.ru (=?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?=), current@FreeBSD.ORG, markm@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Duplicate DES code in libc/rpc and secure/lib/des Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 22:51:41 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 28 May 1997 10:12:46 -0700 (PDT) , Bill Paul wrote: > > See secure/lib/libdes/{rpc_des.h,rpc_enc.c} > > It seems they can be safely removed > > > > -- > > Andrey A. Chernov > > > > http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/ > > rpc_des.h, maybe. But rpc_enc.c can not be removed: this is the file that > contains the __des_crypt() routine, which is a wrapper around thr ECB and > CBC encryption routines within the library. Keyserv(8) calls into this > routine, so it is necessary. > > I'll let Mark decide if we need the rpc_des.h header. The RPC library itself > doesn't require it, but the libdes library as distributed may need it. I am disinclined to remove these bits. libdes is distributed as a complete package by EAY, and to go after individual files for each update is a pain. I follow the precedent of larger packages (like gcc), where unneccessary _directories_ are nuked if the need is enough (like for non-i386 architectures) M -- Mark Murray PGP key fingerprint = 80 36 6E 40 83 D6 8A 36 This .sig is umop ap!sdn. BC 06 EA 0E 7A F2 CE CE