Code review of the BoringSSL crate // Lib.rs

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0.0.5 (current) Rating: Negative + Unmaintained Thoroughness: Low Understanding: Low

by kornelski on 2024-11-26

Wrong crate! Use boring or boring-sys instead!

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The crate tarball contains, among others, this file:

obscure autoconf code, 3KB: third_party/boringssl/src/third_party/googletest/configure.ac