linux-next 20111214 - lib/Kconfig help text issue

From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Date: Wed Dec 14 2011 - 21:17:18 EST


Seen in linux-next commit 7e8dec91 ( crypto: GnuPG based MPI lib - additional sources (part 4))

> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
> index 4af07ec..d411de5 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> @@ -283,4 +283,14 @@ config MPILIB
> It is used to implement RSA digital signature verification,
> which is used by IMA/EVM digital signature extension.
>
> +config MPILIB_EXTRA
> + bool "Multiprecision maths library - additional sources"
> + depends on MPILIB
> + help
> + Multiprecision maths library from GnuPG.
> + It is used to implement RSA digital signature verification,
> + which is used by IMA/EVM digital signature extension.
> + This code in unnecessary for RSA digital signature verification,
> + and can be compiled if needed.
> +

Two issues:

1) Typo - "this code in unnecessary" should be "this code is"

2) The help file says "It is used to implement verification", and then 2 lines
later it says "this code is unnesessary for verification". So is it implementing
it, or not needed for it? (I suspect it's a bad cut-n-paste from the
previous section, and needs 2 lines deleted, to look like this:

+ help
+ Multiprecision maths library from GnuPG.
+ This code in unnecessary for RSA digital signature verification,
+ and can be compiled if needed.



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