Actually we should adjust the NEWS also,
which is done in the attached.
thanks,
Pádraig.
>From eba302fd1f012ec7907ac2ace25637c6f166ad01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:22:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] build: default to avoiding openssl system libraries
* configure.ac: Don't change the gnulib default of 'no' for
whether to link with openssl system libraries if available.
Distributions can explicitly enable this as their policy allows.
* NEWS: Adjust accordingly.
---
NEWS | 4 ++--
configure.ac | 3 ---
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 87fd27d..2fe8d43 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
base64 encoding throughput for bulk data is increased by about 60%.
- md5sum uses libcrypto hash routines where available to potentially
- get better performance through using more system specific code.
+ md5sum can use libcrypto hash routines where allowed to potentially
+ get better performance through using more system specific logic.
sha1sum for example has improved throughput by 40% on an i3-2310M.
This also affects sha1sum, sha224sum, sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4a7fa9e..8a3ac48 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ m4_syscmd([test "${GNULIB_POSIXCHECK+set}" = set])
m4_if(m4_sysval, [0], [], [dnl
gl_ASSERT_NO_GNULIB_POSIXCHECK])
-dnl Enable use of libcrypto if available, and warn if not found
-gl_SET_CRYPTO_CHECK_DEFAULT([optional])
-
AC_PROG_CC_STDC
AM_PROG_CC_C_O
AC_PROG_CPP
--
1.7.7.6
