[PATCH 1/4] Reorganize manual sections on cryptography and random numbers.
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Tue May 8 13:29:00 GMT 2018
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
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