Re: Verify AES support when Blumenthal draft is enabled

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018, at 11:00 PM, Keith Mendoza wrote:
> > 
> > Regardless, configure should be doing the right thing based on what
> > is currently installed.
> > 
> > BVA> Regarding your pull request:
> > BVA> I'd like to avoid adding AC_CHECK_HEADERS() calls in
> > BVA> config_project_with_enable because whether or not these
> > BVA> succeed depend on the compiler flags (-I) and some compiler
> > BVA> flags are only set at a later phase.
> > 
> > I agree that header checks inside a feature check is undesirable.
> > Keith, do you think you could come up with a patch that re-arranges
> > configure checks that that the desired effect is achieved?
> 
> Let me give this another go. I think the best solution is when --with-
> openssl is processed that a variable like "blumenthalcapable" be set 
> based on whether the AES-related functions and headers are available. 
> This will also open it up to other configuration checks that may need 
> the same things.

https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/code/merge-requests/14/ has my proposed changes.

> 
> > 
> > Robert
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Keith (pantherse)


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Thanks,
Keith (pantherse)

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