[Bug 1730508] Re: please build with openssl for sha1

[Anders Kaseorg]

See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879459#10:

> Git’s builtin SHA-1 implementation has the advantage of trying to detect attempted collisions
> (https://github.com/cr-marcstevens/sha1collisiondetection), which seems like good thing to do
> by default these days.
>
> Furthermore, Debian does not ship GPL code linked with OpenSSL for license reasons
> (https://lintian.debian.org/tags/possible-gpl-code-linked-with-openssl.html).


** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #879459
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879459

** Changed in: git (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  please build with openssl for sha1

Status in git package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Openssl's sha1 implementation is much faster, as it has asm optimized
  versions for many architectures including cpu sha1 acceleration for
  x86 and arm.

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