bug#66265: Make padding optional with base64

2023-09-29 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 29/09/2023 10:46, Paul Millar wrote: Hi, RFC 4648 says[1]: > In some circumstances, the use of padding ("=") in base-encoded data > is not required or used. Currently, the 'base64' application always includes the padding when encoding, and prints an warning/error message (on stderr)

bug#66265: Make padding optional with base64

2023-09-29 Thread Paul Millar
Hi, RFC 4648 says[1]: > In some circumstances, the use of padding ("=") in base-encoded data > is not required or used. Currently, the 'base64' application always includes the padding when encoding, and prints an warning/error message (on stderr) if padding is omitted when decoding.