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pycryptodome bundles libtomcrypt, fonts, JavaScript and CSS

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From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 49530 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, slg <0x2d <at> disroot.org>
Subject: bug#49530: pycryptodome bundles libtomcrypt, fonts, JavaScript and CSS
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:01:01 +0200

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Leo Famulari schreef op zo 11-07-2021 om 19:07 [-0400]:
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 11:17:03PM +0200, Maxime Devos wrote:
> > src/libtom: Bundled headers from 'libtomcrypt'.  Curiously, I don't see
> > corresponding '.c' files.
> 
> Libtomcrypt is commonly embedded into other programs. For example, our
> Dropbear package contained a modified copy of it for a long time, until
> commit f72ff06ef8a83a78ad625fe50ee5bb618ea4f37c.
> 
> It may be that it can be used as a "headers only" library.

It turns out there is a C file after all: tomcrypt_des.c.
I sent a patch (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/49543) to unbundle
it and the headers.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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