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| author | Steve Hay <SteveHay@planit.com> | 2003-08-14 16:39:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2003-08-14 14:24:40 +0000 |
| commit | 4ace4afbd19e849a82971140e56f3f22f6d8a7c6 (patch) | |
| tree | 42cb8639f27242d140f959e10594e99d6045f9ea /README.win32 | |
| parent | fe2e802c4d2b58a658b8e1b2dcc86f8373006bab (diff) | |
| download | perl-4ace4afbd19e849a82971140e56f3f22f6d8a7c6.tar.gz | |
Include fcrypt.c for crypt() on Windows
Message-ID: <3F3B9F14.4040609@uk.radan.com>
(Sarathy okayed the idea.)
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@20702
Diffstat (limited to 'README.win32')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.win32 | 27 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index 219a09622d..d0a878bb54 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -220,27 +220,12 @@ may not be correct for some versions. Make sure the default exists and is valid. If you have either the source or a library that contains des_fcrypt(), -enable the appropriate option in the makefile. des_fcrypt() is not -bundled with the distribution due to US Government restrictions -on the export of cryptographic software. Nevertheless, this routine -is part of the "libdes" library (written by Eric Young) which is widely -available worldwide, usually along with SSLeay ( for example, -ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/crypt/mirrors/dsi/libdes/ ). Set CRYPT_SRC to the -name of the file that implements des_fcrypt(). Alternatively, if -you have built a library that contains des_fcrypt(), you can set -CRYPT_LIB to point to the library name. The location above contains -many versions of the "libdes" library, all with slightly different -implementations of des_fcrypt(). Older versions have a single, -self-contained file (fcrypt.c) that implements crypt(), so they may be -easier to use. A patch against the fcrypt.c found in libdes-3.06 is -in des_fcrypt.patch. - -An easier alternative may be to get the pre-patched and ready-to-use -fcrypt.c that can be found here: - - http://downloads.ActiveState.com/pub/staff/gsar/fcrypt.c - ftp://ftp.ActiveState.com/pub/staff/gsar/fcrypt.c - +enable the appropriate option in the makefile. A ready-to-use version +of fcrypt.c, based on the version originally written by Eric Young at +ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/crypt/mirrors/dsi/libdes/, is bundled with the +distribution. Set CRYPT_SRC to fcrypt.c to use this version. +Alternatively, if you have built a library that contains des_fcrypt(), +you can set CRYPT_LIB to point to the library name. Perl will also build without des_fcrypt(), but the crypt() builtin will fail at run time. |