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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/local.mk | 9 |
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ 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. + sha1sum for example has improved throughput by 40% on an i3-2310M. + This also affects sha1sum, sha224sum, sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum. + stat and tail work better with EFIVARFS, EXOFS, F2FS, SNFS and UBIFS. stat -f --format=%T now reports the file system type, and tail -f now uses inotify for files on those file systems, rather than the default (for unknown diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 8a3ac48a0..16b6c35b1 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ m4_syscmd([test "${GNULIB_POSIXCHECK+set}" = set]) m4_if(m4_sysval, [0], [], [dnl gl_ASSERT_NO_GNULIB_POSIXCHECK]) +dnl Enable use of libcrypto if available. +dnl Note we could do this as follows: +dnl AS_VAR_SET_IF([with_openssl], [], [with_openssl=optional]) +dnl However that would not document the coreutils adjusted default, +dnl so we add another --with-openssl description just to document that +AC_ARG_WITH([openssl], + [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl], + [The coreutils default is: --with-openssl=optional])], + [], + [with_openssl=optional]) + AC_PROG_CC_STDC AM_PROG_CC_C_O AC_PROG_CPP diff --git a/src/local.mk b/src/local.mk index 1315e1103..fe80f41c1 100644 --- a/src/local.mk +++ b/src/local.mk @@ -293,6 +293,15 @@ src_stdbuf_LDADD += $(LIBICONV) src_timeout_LDADD += $(LIBICONV) src_truncate_LDADD += $(LIBICONV) +# for libcrypto hash routines +src_md5sum_LDADD += $(LIB_CRYPTO) +src_sort_LDADD += $(LIB_CRYPTO) +src_sha1sum_LDADD += $(LIB_CRYPTO) +src_sha224sum_LDADD += $(LIB_CRYPTO) +src_sha256sum_LDADD += $(LIB_CRYPTO) +src_sha384sum_LDADD += $(LIB_CRYPTO) +src_sha512sum_LDADD += $(LIB_CRYPTO) + # for canon_host src_pinky_LDADD += $(GETADDRINFO_LIB) src_who_LDADD += $(GETADDRINFO_LIB) |