Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:44:41 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: audit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libmp implementation in terms of libcrypto Message-ID: <20010720124441.A510@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20010720092727.80CE13E31@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 02:27:27AM -0700 References: <20010720092727.80CE13E31@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 02:27:27AM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote: > Attached is a sharball of a libmp implementation in terms of > libcrypto. This was discussed on -arch, and the consensus is that > although it'd be nice if the world used the BIGNUM API directly, it > can't hurt to be backwards compatible. > > I would appreciate it if somebody could review and/or test this. To > test it, just build it, install it, and link all programs that use it > using "-lmp -lcrypto". Once this is in the tree, the GPV'd libgmp > monster can be taken out and shot. I've tested all the in-tree > programs that use it except for the Kerberized telnets, and they seem > to work as well as they have before. > > Thanks in advance, > > Dima Dorfman > > P.S. The libmp installed in /usr/lib has major number 3; the sharball > below bumps it to 4. Is this actually necessary? Haven't really tested this, just to answer this question: the library version bump will only be needed if you decide to install this as libgmp, not libmp. In that case, all executables compiled earlier will contain a reference to libgmp.so.3, and no reference to libcrypto. Thus, they would fail with the (new) libgmp.so.3, so there needs to be a version bump. If this is installed as libmp, then you might as well start over again with mp.1, and keep gmp.3 in a compat4x distribution or something. G'luck, Peter -- This sentence would be seven words long if it were six words shorter. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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