Roland Mainz wrote: >> Please use libmd(3lib) unless there is a very compelling reason not to >> do so - if there I would like to see that documented here. >> > > There is no compelling reason, however I would prefer to defer this to > the putback following the one we've prepared for this ARC case. We > already have all the code tested&&running, the upstream ksh93s+ > development series is more or less "closed" (unless serve crashers&co. > are found) and IMO it would be better to put a new feature like "Solaris > libmd accerlation support" in the ksh93t- development cycle which would > give us enougth time to test this feature... > > ... or short: Yes, we will do it but we would prefer not to rush this > code into the codebase using a crowbar. Is that "Ok" for you ? > The short answer is "No". This isn't the way OpenSolaris integration works.
We could probably accept a modified proposal that eliminated all "sum" references. That later fast-track could be titles "ksh93 sum done right". - jek3