libgcrypt and patches again

[Dirk Stoecker]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Werner Koch wrote:

> > so on. So I have a bit of experience in these fields. I sometimes heard 
> > the "This does not work" or "This is hard to do" (and also said this 
> > sometimes myself), but usually it is not that complicated as one may 
> > think.
> 
> It is not a matter whether it is complicated or not. We care about the
> code complexity - each and every line adds to it.  If you provide ways
> to make the code less complex by keeping the API, it is more likely
> that that this will make it into Libgcrypt.

Caring for totally abstract coding styles more then for actual 
implementation errors is a strange way to build security relevant 
software. Securely freeing and cleaning resources is usually an important 
part of cryptographic software solutions.

> Sorry, I see no way to apply a patch for the sake of Valgrind.

Well then, that's a word.
I will extract the parts of libgcrypt I need and build a reduced 
LGPL-link-library from this. I will not bother this group any more with 
such strange ideas like clean software design.

Ciao
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