- with DES_ instead. This because there are increasing clashes with
- libdes and other des libraries that are currently used by other
- projects. The old libdes interface is provided, as well as crypt(),
- if openssl/des_old.h is included. Note that crypt() is no longer
- declared in openssl/des.h.
- In order to maintain compatibility with current applications using
- libcrypto, the old libdes interface is still provided, as long as
- OPENSSL_NO_OLD_DES_SUPPORT is not defined, by automatically including
- openssl/des_old.h.
+ with DES_ instead. Add wrappers that are compatible with libdes,
+ but are named _old_des_*. Finally, add macros that map the des_*
+ symbols to the corresponding _old_des_*.
+
+ All this is done because there are increasing clashes with libdes
+ and other des libraries that are currently used by other projects.
+ For now, the old libdes interface is provided, as well as crypt(),
+ unless OPENSSL_NO_OLD_DES_SUPPORT is defined, or if openssl/des_old.h
+ is included. Note that crypt() is no longer declared in openssl/des.h.