On 12/04/2013 02:45 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 12/04/2013 01:39 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote: >> --with-openssl The coreutils default is: --with-openssl=optional >> --with-openssl use libcrypto hash routines. Valid ARGs are: 'yes', >> 'no', 'optional' => use if available > > I've documented the reason for that at least in configure.ac: > > dnl Enable use of libcrypto if available. > dnl Note we could do this as follows: > dnl AS_VAR_SET_IF([with_openssl], [], [with_openssl=optional]) > dnl However that would not document the coreutils adjusted default, > dnl so we add another --with-openssl description just to document that > > It's the best I could come up with for now, > and I don't think it's too bad?
Well, I think it's confusing because of the names: 'openssl' and 'libcrypto' (shouldn't the latter be 'libgcrypt'?) are distinct packages on an actual system, so I don't see how a user may choose between them with 'yes'|'no'|'optional'. What do I miss? Have a nice day, Berny
