Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:22:56 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: convert libgmp to a port? Message-ID: <20010617182256.A17724@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20010617063845.E53DA39E9@overcee.netplex.com.au>; from peter@wemm.org on Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 11:38:45PM -0700 References: <20010616201135.A60010@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20010617063845.E53DA39E9@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 11:38:45PM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote: > It should not be too hard to have build a lightweight 'libbignum' that > is extracted from the openssl sources and make that available in the base > system. It would not be hard to convert the lib*mp consumers to use the > libbignum (libbn, -lbn ?) and then we can get rid of it. > > telnet* should never have used libmp in the first place, it should have > used libcrypto/bignum. chkey/newkey/keyserv are using libmp for > diffie-helmann key exchange. (just large integer multiplication). It > should be really easy to convert those three. Since there are a few things that are using libgmp (and I missed them in my quick search through the sources), no I would not prefer removing libgmp and making a new, probably buggier, libbignum that will replace our current libgmp. If we do need some of the functionality of libgmp in the base-system, then we really should import some newer version of libgmp, instead of trying to make our own new library. I dont really like reinventing wheels :) -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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