Hi,

Stuart Henderson <st...@openbsd.org> writes:

> On 2015/12/10 22:39, Rafael Sadowski wrote:
>> On Thu Dec 10, 2015 at 10:01:46AM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
>> > On 2015/12/09 19:09, Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas wrote:
>> > > >> - Don't use own libmd5 but base md5
>> > > >> - Use MD5Data() instead of MD5Buffer+MD5SigToString
>> > > 
>> > > What is the point with those two items?  This adds clutter to this
>> > > update and possible problems for the following ones.
>> > 
>> > These changes are exactly why I, for one, didn't dig into the update yet.
>> 
>> Of course I understand you but I don't like to use doxygen own libmd5.
>> md5(3) is in base and MD5Data is doing the same as MD5Buffer+MD5SigToString.
>> 
>> I've learned[1] to use base and ports libs and not own shipped libs if it
>> is possible.
>> 
>> [1]: https://www.marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=142177625024026&w=4
>
> That's a different situation, in that case they are bundling entire
> libraries which we already have in ports. That's usually bad because
> when some bug is fixed in the library, it doesn't then get fixed in
> the embedded versions of that library.

And it's not like the API used in the port is exactly the same as the
one available in base.

>> It's okay for me to remove the patches and test agine.

Please do.  I don't think another full round of tests is needed.

Cheers,
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