OpenSSL breaks factor(6)
Steve Kargl
sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Sun Dec 29 16:05:53 UTC 2019
On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 08:02:47AM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> Here's a final attempt at fixing and documenting FreeBSD's factor(6).
> Do what you want with the patch. With and without OpenSSL, one now
> gets
>
> % factor +123 123 123zzzz 123zabc 123abc +123abc 0x123abc +0x123abc
> 123: 3 41
> 123: 3 41
> 123: 3 41
> 123: 3 41
> 1194684: 2 2 3 29 3433
> 1194684: 2 2 3 29 3433
> 1194684: 2 2 3 29 3433
> 1194684: 2 2 3 29 3433
>
> * usr.bin/factor/factor.6:
> . Update documentation to note that hexadecimal strings are accepted.
> . Document that a hexadecimal number can have an optional 0x or 0X prefix.
> . Document that a 0 value in interactive mode terminates factor(6).
Whoops. Leading zeros are ignored.
> . Fix the maximum value for 'stop' in primes(6).
> . While here, spell "white-space" as "whitespace" and "non-digit" as
> "nondigit".
--
steve
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