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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2013-12-12 15:22:10 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2013-12-13 02:28:11 +0000
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downloadcoreutils-cbdb4d77d9984a22505a36f6d9b3a42423cbdd1f.tar.xz
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.
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@@ -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.