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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1998-08-04 23:03:23 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1998-08-04 23:03:23 +0000
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downloadperl-2d77217b57f0b274e843a804355ed3f48edfb327.tar.gz
correct prototype for des_fcrypt(), explain how to add it in more
detail, and supply a patch for libdes-3.06 p4raw-id: //depot/maint-5.005/perl@1729
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@@ -171,7 +171,12 @@ available worldwide, usually along with SSLeay (for example:
"ftp://fractal.mta.ca/pub/crypto/SSLeay/DES/"). 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.
+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.
Perl will also build without des_fcrypt(), but the crypt() builtin will
fail at run time.