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NiLuJe · 11-10-2013, 08:11 PM

Another call for testing, this time for KindleTool!

I switched the crypto stuff from OpenSSL to nettle (remind me not to have any more bright ideas like that while half-drunk at 2 AM....), so that introduced a whole new way for me to break stuff! ;D
On the bright side, there's now only one package per arch on Linux, and it should work even on distribs using crazy soname tweaks (Fedora, I'm looking at you).
It might also be slightly faster (not that it was especially slow to begin with...).

TL;DR: nettle's nice, but there are a few quirks to look out for... On the other hand, at least the code is actually somewhat readable, because, oh god the OpenSSL API(s)... >_<".

Incidentally, all the packages were rebuilt with said KindleTool update, so if stuff fails to install, I'd be glad to know

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11-10-2013, 08:11 PM	#8
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Another call for testing, this time for KindleTool! I switched the crypto stuff from OpenSSL to nettle (remind me not to have any more bright ideas like that while half-drunk at 2 AM....), so that introduced a whole new way for me to break stuff! ;D On the bright side, there's now only one package per arch on Linux, and it should work even on distribs using crazy soname tweaks (Fedora, I'm looking at you). It might also be slightly faster (not that it was especially slow to begin with...). TL;DR: nettle's nice, but there are a few quirks to look out for... On the other hand, at least the code is actually somewhat readable, because, oh god the OpenSSL API(s)... >_<". Incidentally, all the packages were rebuilt with said KindleTool update, so if stuff fails to install, I'd be glad to know . Last edited by NiLuJe; 11-10-2013 at 08:14 PM.