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Re: [PATCH 1/4] Reorganize manual sections on cryptography and random numbers.
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Cc: carlos at redhat dot com, rj at 2c3t dot io
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 15:29:24 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Reorganize manual sections on cryptography and random numbers.
- References: <20180506175153.22629-1-zackw@panix.com> <20180506175153.22629-2-zackw@panix.com>
On 05/06/2018 07:51 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
* manual/crypt.texi: Move most of the introductory text to the
'crypt' section. Move the example programs below the
@deftypefun for 'crypt_r'. Move the DESERR_* table and
DES_FAILED deftypefun below cbc_crypt. Move the entire
'getpass' section...
* manual/terminal.texi: ...here.
* manual/random.texi: New file consolidating all discussion of
random number generation.
* manual/crypt.texi: 'Unpredictable Bytes' section moved to random.texi.
* manual/math.texi: 'Pseudo-Random Numbers' section moved to
random.texi.
* manual/Makefile (chapters): Add 'random' after 'arith'.
I think this is okay. I have not checked for no inadvertent changes in
detail, though.
* manual/arith.texi, manual/time.texi: Update chapter-level node
pointers.
Do we still need to maintain node pointers manually?
Thanks,
Florian