From 7bfb415c8d1e74b2dcc46bb36d4a853e2adb4d39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gregory P. Smith" Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 18:02:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that md5 is in the algorithms_guaranteed list despite what some upstream vendors may do to their odd "FIPS compliant" builds. issue15468. --- Doc/library/hashlib.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst index 085f99d0dc2..93bcc91f91d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst @@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ Hashlib provides the following constant attributes: .. data:: algorithms_guaranteed A set containing the names of the hash algorithms guaranteed to be supported - by this module on all platforms. + by this module on all platforms. Note that 'md5' is in this list despite + some upstream vendors offering an odd "FIPS compliant" Python build that + excludes it. .. versionadded:: 3.2