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Message-ID: <CAHFR4j6pScV5yivFhKhjPXDhomDWWq=2gUoYV_gBjb58boY1yw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:38:21 +0400
From: "Elijah [W&P]" <smarteam.support@...il.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Add john.local.conf to release-Jumbo

One thing - PROJ_WIN32 section in makefile has no "../run/john.local.conf"
so file gets deleted on every "make clean" and not recreated while cygwin
handles "touching" a file well.
Tried to push a commit onto john-bleeding, not sure how it went, hoping for
best :)

On 11 June 2012 01:38, magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/29/2012 10:22 PM, magnum wrote:
>
>> I was thinking we might want to do one of these:
>>
>> Add an .include <john.local.conf>  to the end of john.conf, and have the
>> Makefile create an empty such file if it does not exist. Personally, I'd
>> then add all my personal stuff in john.local.conf and the john.conf
>> would be much easier to "sync" with the release version.
>>
>> Or alternatively:
>> Add the same line to john.conf but also add a cludge in config.c so we
>> never complain if that file does not exist.
>>
>> Or, perhaps:
>> Do not even add that line to john.conf, but always source any
>> john.local.conf file, if we found one.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>
> Excellent, I'll do as I please then. I went with the first option: When
> building, john.local.conf will be created (empty) if it does not exist. But
> it will never be overwritten and no release tarball should ever contain
> that file.
>
> Also, I committed some other changes I thought are undisputable: Create a
> rules section "Extra" for the, until now, commented-out rules of Single
> mode. Also, add new rules "Single-Extra" (consisting of Single plus Extra)
> and "Jumbo" (consisting of *all* rules we have, including NT). I wanted to
> preserve the name "All" for local use, that's why I used "Jumbo" instead.
>
> magnum
>
>

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