[BusyBox] sha1sum/md5sum

[Steven Scholz]

Glenn,

>>2.) Why were the options -b, -t, -g dropped?
> 
> To enable a common interface betweeen sha1sum and md5sum,
I see.

> All -b did was put a '*' indicator beside the filename, -b or -t doesnt
> change the hash value, so i dotn see what use this indicator is.
I thought it changes behaviour when actually opening and reading the files...

> -g, the --string option isnt mentioned in GNU md5sum's man page, i
> suspect they intend to drop the option as well, the same behaviour could
> be achieved by reading the string from stdin i assume.
Sure.

>>3.) If "the -s option is meaningful only when verifying checksums"
>>then we don't need to enable it when CONFIG_FEATURE_MD5_SHA1_SUM_CHECK
>>is disabled! Do we?
> 
> Good point.

You want a new patch? Or are you going to fix that?

Steven