Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 12:12:50 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: committers@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: SECOND CALL! New DES library - reviewers please? Message-ID: <199509251012.MAA04004@grumble.grondar.za>
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> Hi > > in my home directory is libcrypto.tar.gz. This is the new crypto library > that I have been talking about. Could some kind soul(s) please have a look > at the way I have done the make and give some suggestions, please? > > Notes: > > - It is designed to be untarred in src/secure/lib, and will create a > directory called libcrypto, which should (eventually) be added to the > SUBDIR= in secure/lib/MAkefile. > > - In the original code, the lib (now libcrypto/lib) directory made three > libraries. I have redone this by making three directories at the same > level as lib, (libcrypto, libssl and libRSAglue) to build them separately > via SUBDIR. > > - I have kept the original code and directory structure as unmodified as > possible, to allow for maintenance. This has made my makefiles a bit > complicated. I will happily entertain suggestions to simplify them. > > - there are bits of code that are on shakey ground, legally, for US > folk to use. This make system takes that into account by simply deleting > the "naughty bits" (subdirectories). > > - it has been suggested that libcrypto is a lousy name, and libdes is > inadequate. What other suggestions for names are there? (I recognise > that if the name used is not libdes, we may have to carry a symlink > with that name for backward compatability with shared libraries). > > - I am mainly (at this stage) looking for makefile review/suggestion. > I'll ask for code revie a little later. > > Thanks! > > > M > > > -- > Mark Murray > 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa > +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 > Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key
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