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authorseb <seb>2004-04-11 19:44:27 +0000
committerseb <seb>2004-04-11 19:44:27 +0000
commit445113587969a4f4f4b0c7cdc0a6258497db6393 (patch)
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Belatedly note security/openssl hack to workaround perl 5.8's int()
failure on sparc64.
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-# $NetBSD: HACKS,v 1.23 2004/01/31 01:25:51 kristerw Exp $
+# $NetBSD: HACKS,v 1.24 2004/04/11 19:44:27 seb Exp $
#
# This file is intended to document workarounds for currently unsolved
# (mostly) compiler bugs.
@@ -400,3 +400,15 @@ port arm
file databases/cdb/patches/patch-aa : 1.1
descr Compilation of the tryulong32.c configuration test takes ~forever.
kcah
+
+hack perl 5.8/openssl/sparc64 bug
+cdate Wed Feb 16 13:24:06 2000
+who seb
+port sparc64
+file security/openssl/patches/patch-ak
+descr
+ Perl's int() function gives bad result on sparc64.
+ Hence openssl's bn_prime.pl perl script fails.
+ Use POSIX::floor() as a workaround.
+ See perl ticket #25249.
+kcah