Re: [net-snmp:code] 4 new commits to Code

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 7:10 PM Bart Van Assche <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 2019-04-29 at 17:19 -0400, Bill Fenner wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 7:52 PM net-snmp Git repository <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> Branch: V5-8-patches
>
> configure: Determine endianness at compile time instead of at configure
> time
>
> The new test supports cross-compilation. In other words, --with-endianness
> no longer has to be specified during cross-compilation.
>
> By Bart Van Assche on 04/28/2019 20:40
> *View Changes*
> <https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/code/ci/484524cda94838dfec8eb1ae92b069ea8ce448f6/>
>
>
> Hi Bart,
>
> This change exposes md5.c's "big lie" of const-ness.  Before, it was
> hidden behind #if BIG_ENDIAN, so I never saw it - now, it's exposed since
> MDReverse(X) can be called at runtime.  Obviously, MDReverse(X) can modify
> the value that's passed throughout as const.
>
> For now I've patched my local copy to eliminate the const lie throughout
> md5.[ch].
>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Do you plan to check in your patch or do you perhaps prefer that I look
> further into this?
>

I was hoping you might have an idea of a more graceful solution that allows
keeping const'ness.  If not, I can check in my change.

  Bill

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