[ewg] RHEL5 backports and crypto functions

[Jon Mason]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 04:06:34PM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 14:46 -0500, Jon Mason wrote: 
> > On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 02:15:39PM -0500, Jon Mason wrote:
> > > Hey Brian,
> > > I've attached a patch for RHEL5.3 which should enable you to compile on
> > > Solaris.  I've done a quick sniff test on my systems, and I do not see
> > > any issues.
> > > 
> > > Please confirm that it works for you, and I'll make the necessary
> > > changes for RHEL5.1 and RHEL 5.2.
> > 
> > Did this do the trick for you?
> 
> Sorry for not getting back to you Jon.  Unfortunately, I've had some
> other work pre-empt this for today.  I hope to get cracking on it first
> thing tomorrow though.
> 
> I do know that at where I left off, I found that I was running into
> crypto vs. ncrypto funniness.  It's not just the header that has a
> different name.  Some of the data objects in the header are subject to
> s/crypto/ncrypto/ substitutions as well, and I am still trying to figure
> out how to deal with this in a portable manner.

Yes, those can be quite tricky.  Let me know if there is anything I can
do to help.

I'll wait for your ok before sending the patch out for inclusion.  I
would like for it to be reviewed and tested heavily.

Thanks,
Jon

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