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diff --git a/crypto/bn/bn_gcd.c b/crypto/bn/bn_gcd.c
index 2c6fb2379a99328add8f52434e3c50efcd2d39d9..1691877f31079edfce6344a58a5e2cb7a614fb4f 100644 (file)
--- a/crypto/bn/bn_gcd.c
+++ b/crypto/bn/bn_gcd.c
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ BIGNUM *BN_mod_inverse(BIGNUM *in,
                while (!BN_is_zero(B))
                        {
                        /*
-                        *      0 < B < A <= |n|,
+                        *      0 < B < |n|,
+                        *      0 < A <= |n|,
                         * (1) -sign*X*a  ==  B   (mod |n|),
                         * (2)  sign*Y*a  ==  A   (mod |n|)
                         */
@@ -299,13 +300,16 @@ BIGNUM *BN_mod_inverse(BIGNUM *in,
                                }
 
                        
-                       /* We still have (1) and (2), but  A  may no longer be larger than  B.
+                       /* We still have (1) and (2).
                         * Both  A  and  B  are odd.
                         * The following computations ensure that
                         *
-                        *      0 =< B < A = |n|,
+                        *     0 <= B < |n|,
+                        *      0 < A < |n|,
                         * (1) -sign*X*a  ==  B   (mod |n|),
-                        * (2)  sign*Y*a  ==  A   (mod |n|)
+                        * (2)  sign*Y*a  ==  A   (mod |n|),
+                        *
+                        * and that either  A  or  B  is even in the next iteration.
                         */
                        if (BN_ucmp(B, A) >= 0)
                                {

diff --git a/test/bctest b/test/bctest
index 7dde7816531186cb3638d7472d352bac1deb8879..fbe74ed90bda53ca57dad5f95528cbd3c115ec19 100755 (executable)
--- a/test/bctest
+++ b/test/bctest
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 
 
 IFS=:
-try_path=true
+try_without_dir=true
 # First we try "bc", then "$dir/bc" for each item in $PATH.
 for dir in dummy:$PATH; do
-    if [ "$try_path" = true ]; then
+    if [ "$try_without_dir" = true ]; then
       # first iteration
       bc=bc
-      try_path=false
+      try_without_dir=false
     else
       # second and later iterations
       bc="$dir/bc"