Re: NEW libb2

On Sun 31/12/2017 19:26, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 01:15:29PM -0500, Brian Callahan wrote:
> > On 12/31/17 12:15, Björn Ketelaars wrote:
> > > Enclosed with this mail a tarball for libb2 a C library providing BLAKE2b,
> > > BLAKE2s, BLAKE2bp, and BLAKE2sp. BLAKE2 is a cryptographic hash function
> > > faster than MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2, and SHA-3, yet is at least as secure as the
> > > latest standard SHA-3.
> > >
> > > Borgbackup currently uses a bundled version of libb2. I would like to replace
> > > use of this bundled version by this port.
> > >
> > > Comments/OKs?
> > >
> >
> > Attached is an updated tarball.
> > Changes/Fixes:
> > * Use ${SETENV} in the pre-configure routine.
> > * Improve pkg/DESCR
> > * Remove a hardcoded -O3
> > * Set CONFIGURE_ARGS so that things like -march=native don't happen
> > * The library identifies itself as libb2-0.98, so rename package to
> > libb2-0.98.20171225 to avoid future EPOCH bumps.
> I was about to send a similar diff. What I'm still missing:
>
> SEPARATE_BUILD=Yes can be set.
>
> In pre-configure, use ./autogen.sh (containing `autoreconf -fvi') to
> avoid adjusting the target in case the required steps in autogen.sh
> change.

Thanks for the fixes! Included a new tarball - based on Brian's work and
Klemens's hints.