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diff --git a/security/p5-MD5/pkg-descr b/security/p5-MD5/pkg-descr index 1ac4d065d20f..90c4febb4fac 100644 --- a/security/p5-MD5/pkg-descr +++ b/security/p5-MD5/pkg-descr @@ -1,40 +1,40 @@ - The MD5 module allows you to use the RSA Data Security - Inc. MD5 Message Digest algorithm from within Perl - programs. +The MD5 module allows you to use the RSA Data Security +Inc. MD5 Message Digest algorithm from within Perl +programs. - A new MD5 context object is created with the new - operation. Multiple simultaneous digest contexts can be - maintained, if desired. The context is updated with the - add operation which adds the strings contained in the LIST - parameter. Note, however, that add('foo', 'bar'), - add('foo') followed by add('bar') and add('foobar') should - all give the same result. +A new MD5 context object is created with the new +operation. Multiple simultaneous digest contexts can be +maintained, if desired. The context is updated with the +add operation which adds the strings contained in the LIST +parameter. Note, however, that add('foo', 'bar'), +add('foo') followed by add('bar') and add('foobar') should +all give the same result. - The final message digest value is returned by the digest - operation as a 16-byte binary string. This operation - delivers the result of add operations since the last new - or reset operation. Note that the digest operation is - effectively a destructive, read-once operation. Once it - has been performed, the context must be reset before being - used to calculate another digest value. +The final message digest value is returned by the digest +operation as a 16-byte binary string. This operation +delivers the result of add operations since the last new +or reset operation. Note that the digest operation is +effectively a destructive, read-once operation. Once it +has been performed, the context must be reset before being +used to calculate another digest value. - Several convenience functions are also provided. The - addfile operation takes an open file-handle and reads it - until end-of file in 1024 byte blocks adding the contents - to the context. The file-handle can either be specified by - name or passed as a type-glob reference, as shown in the - examples below. The hexdigest operation calls digest and - returns the result as a printable string of hexdecimal - digits. This is exactly the same operation as performed by - the unpack operation in the examples below. +Several convenience functions are also provided. The +addfile operation takes an open file-handle and reads it +until end-of file in 1024 byte blocks adding the contents +to the context. The file-handle can either be specified by +name or passed as a type-glob reference, as shown in the +examples below. The hexdigest operation calls digest and +returns the result as a printable string of hexdecimal +digits. This is exactly the same operation as performed by +the unpack operation in the examples below. - The hash operation can act as either a static member - function (ie you invoke it on the MD5 class as in the - synopsis above) or as a normal virtual function. In both - cases it performs the complete MD5 cycle (reset, add, - digest) on the supplied scalar value. This is convenient - for handling small quantities of data. When invoked on the - class a temporary context is created. When invoked through - an already created context object, this context is used. - The latter form is slightly more efficient. The hexhash - operation is analogous to hexdigest. +The hash operation can act as either a static member +function (ie you invoke it on the MD5 class as in the +synopsis above) or as a normal virtual function. In both +cases it performs the complete MD5 cycle (reset, add, +digest) on the supplied scalar value. This is convenient +for handling small quantities of data. When invoked on the +class a temporary context is created. When invoked through +an already created context object, this context is used. +The latter form is slightly more efficient. The hexhash +operation is analogous to hexdigest. |