Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 3 authors, 2014-07-19

Making the asymmetric keys config option into a top-level option

From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Date: 2014-07-17 19:56:13
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Dmitry Kasatkin [off-list ref] wrote:
When ASYMMETRIC_KEYS=y, but depends on CRYPTO=m, selections will be also modules.
In random config case OID_REGISTRY, MPILIB and ASN1 became modules producing build
break. This patch removes asymmetric keys dependency from CRYPTO, but instead
selects CRYPTO and CRYPTO_HASH as they are needed.
You do realise that this makes the asymmetric key config option into a
top-level option?  I think, logically, that's the wrong thing to do.  They
should still appear under the crypto menu.

Note that I think your patch is really the wrong solution.  The right solution
is to fix the configuration tools - but that's quite an undertaking.

David
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