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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: MD5 stuff
From:       Dawit Alemayehu <adawit () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-12-27 21:08:17
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On Wednesday 27 December 2000 08:59, Adriaan de Groot wrote:
> While thinking about KNotes synchronisation with KPilot (sorry 'bout the
> mix-up in the DCOP stuff, btw) I found I needed an md5-type algorithm to
> detect when files have been changed. (Due to the structure of KNotes I
> can't rely on time-stamps, unfortunately.) So I went looking for one and
> found that current KDE CVS contains at least six separate copies of md5
> digest algorithms:
>
> kdebase/kioslave/imap4/md5.cc
> kdebase/kioslave/pop3/md5.c
> kdebase/kioslave/smtp/md5.cc
> kdelibs/arts/mcop/md5.c
> kdelibs/kio/http/extern_md5.c
> kdenetwork/kmail/md5.c
>
> As far as I can tell these are three different implementations. Shouldn't
> we put one of those md5 implementations into kdecore and just use that?
> Sure,  I can copy md5.c into my project and use that, but it seems like
> such a duplication of code.

See http://lists.kde.org/?t=97645154100001&w=2&r=1

> [ade] (using md5.c for now)

Good idea for now :)

Regards,
Dawit A.
 
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