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1.7 KiB
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43 lines
1.7 KiB
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MD5 Extension Version 1.7
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This is a Perl5 extension interface to the RSA Data Security Inc. MD5
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Message Digest algorithm. Documentation is in MD5.pod.
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To build the extension, unpack this distribution under the ext/
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directory of your Perl source distribution, create the Makefile using
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'perl Makefile.PL' and do a 'make'.
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Note that the MD5.xs file uses the "PROTOTYPES: DISABLE" facility
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which only became available in late betas pf perl 5.002. If you are
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using a version which does not support this then merely remove
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this line.
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The mddriver.pl script gives a simple example of how to use the
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routines. In particular 'perl mddriver.pl -x' will perform a quick
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test of the routines to see if they produce the expected output. The
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use of "make test" will perform a more comprehensive test. (WARNING:
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You should not run mddriver.pl directly in the MD5 directory when using
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dynamic linking as on some systems it will dynamically link to object
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files in the current directory which may not give the correct
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behaviour. This is believed to affect at least AIX and IRIX. A similar
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caveat applies to the direct use of the test.pl script).
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The module is known to work (using static or dynamic linking) on at
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least AIX, Solaris, HP-UX and IRIX. It should work on other
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"reasonable" UNIX-like platforms (for an unspecified definition of the
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word "reasonable" :-)
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Support is also provided for 64-bit platforms. This should be detected
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and handled automatically. See the entry for version 1.7 in the
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Changes file for further details.
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Bugs, queries, plaudits to
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Neil Winton
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* Neil Winton Post Point P5 *
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* N.Winton@axion.bt.co.uk BT Laboratories *
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* Tel +44 1473 646079 Martlesham Heath *
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* Fax +44 1473 643306 IPSWICH IP5 7RE, UK *
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