Clarify that md5 is in the algorithms_guaranteed list despite what

some upstream vendors may do to their odd "FIPS compliant" builds. issue15468.

Clarify that md5 is in the algorithms_guaranteed list despite what
some upstream vendors may do to their odd "FIPS compliant" builds. issue15468.
7bfb415c · Gregory P. Smith · 2d6a58b9 · 7bfb415c
Kaydet (Commit) 7bfb415c authored Haz 12, 2016 tarafından Gregory P. Smith
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@@ -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