[freetds] des_ecb_encrypt naming

Brian Bruns camber at ais.org
Tue Dec 17 19:23:09 EST 2002


I think a better question is why we have any non-static functions not 
named with the tds_ prefix.  This has been a long standing tradition for 
that very reason.

Brian

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Mark J. Lilback wrote:

> Can we rename des_ecb_encrypt to be something else?
> 
> Mac OS X includes a function with this name in libcrytpo, and because 
> of weak leaking, the FreeTDS version could be called when the 
> executable meant to call the system version.
> 
> I think there is a way to bypass this with compile flags, but it 
> seems best to me to avoid having symbols with the same name as system 
> functions.
> 
> 
> 




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