Hi Bruno,

> If I understand correctly:
>
> decode_base64() from uuencode.c = bigger one
> decodeBase64(char *Data) from httpd.c = smaller one

You understood it right. :)

> Assuming they are equivalent (I didn't check), wouldn't it make more sense to:
> a. Do the check in uuencode.c to see if httpd.c is used and call the httpd 
> one (smaller of the two) in the uudecode/base64 applets?

They are not the same. httpd's decodeBase64() does not have to deal
with NULL bytes. Any NULL byte will be treated as the end of the
decoded string.

> b. Line up the uuencode.c one with the httpd version to become smaller and 
> call that one for all decode64 purposes (removing the httpd specific one)?

The one from uudecode seems to be optimized to share most of the code
for uu-decode and base64-decode. I haven't looked at it hard enough,
but as a first approach, I didn't want to touch much code. Probably
there's room for more optimization here.

Thanks,

Xabier Oneca_,,_
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