- All this is done because there are increasing clashes with libdes
- and other DES libraries that are currently used by other projects.
- The old libdes interface (including crypt()) is provided if
- <openssl/des_old.h> is included. For now, this automatically
- happens in <openssl/des.h> unless OPENSSL_DISABLE_OLD_DES_SUPPORT is
- defined. Note that crypt() is no longer declared in <openssl/des.h>.
+ Since we provide two compatibility mappings, the user needs to
+ define the macro OPENSSL_DES_LIBDES_COMPATIBILITY if libdes
+ compatibility is desired. The default (i.e., when that macro
+ isn't defined) is OpenSSL 0.9.6c compatibility.
+
+ There are also macros that enable and disable the support of old
+ des functions altogether. Those are OPENSSL_ENABLE_OLD_DES_SUPPORT
+ and OPENSSL_DISABLE_OLD_DES_SUPPORT. If none or both of those
+ are defined, the default will apply: to support the old des routines.
+
+ In either case, one must include openssl/des.h to get the correct
+ definitions. Do not try to just include openssl/des_old.h, that
+ won't work.