[pacman-dev] #10530: checksum verification does not work on BSD

[Xavier]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Antonio Huete Jimenez
<ahuete.devel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2008/6/2 Allan McRae <mcrae_allan at hotmail.com>:
>>
>> Using openssl for this is optimal because it works the same on all
>> systems.  Having code which detects operating system and uses specific
>> software in each case is ugly and should be avoided if at all possible.
>>
> And how do you plan to do OS specific checks and/or configurations for
> portability?
>

And which part exactly you don't understand in "should be avoided if
at all possible" ?