[PATCH v2] Add libgcrypt as an option for sha1

[Matthieu Herrb]

Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Oct 2009, Julien Cristau wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Oct  4, 2009 at 08:50:24 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 4 Oct 2009, Julien Cristau wrote:
>>>
>>>> That changes the behaviour, it forces libmd if you don't explicitly tell
>>>> configure to use something else.  With my patch, the first
>>>> implementation found is used (and I think that's better).
>>> A frequent cause of problems in *BSD ports is just picking up the "first
>>> implementation found", since different users would have different ports
>>> installed.
>>>
>> Your point being?
> 
> other than user surprise?
> 
> Some people might split that into separate options, particularly if the
> licensing differs.
> 
> Of course, if there are no technical or other differences, then there's
> no reason to not lump things together.

As long as there is a possibility for force an option in such cases, I
always explicitely use this option, to avoid surprises.

BTW, OpenBSD has sha1 in libc and it has a local patch to configure.ac
to check this and use it. I'll look at merging it at some point...

-- 
Matthieu Herrb