Subject: bug#27618: Possible bug when compiled with ssl

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 09:48:15 -0700

Jean Louis wrote:
> Maybe that is to be changed.

Yes, that would be nice. In the meantime, I suggest not using --with-openssl. 
There is a reason it's disabled by default.

> And why is SSL library useful in coreutils? What it does special? Does
> it replaces md5 and other hash functions?

Yes.