The previous algorithm would scan for all primes for a given number, which
takes needlessly long.

Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <e...@sf-mail.de>
---
 eclass/qmail.eclass | 45 ++++++++++++---------------------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eclass/qmail.eclass b/eclass/qmail.eclass
index f42f0491515..aaec205a6bd 100644
--- a/eclass/qmail.eclass
+++ b/eclass/qmail.eclass
@@ -20,46 +20,25 @@ GENQMAIL_S="${WORKDIR}"/genqmail-${GENQMAIL_PV}
 QMAIL_SPP_F=qmail-spp-${QMAIL_SPP_PV}.tar.gz
 QMAIL_SPP_S="${WORKDIR}"/qmail-spp-${QMAIL_SPP_PV}
 
-# @FUNCTION: primes
-# @USAGE: <min> <max>
-# @DESCRIPTION:
-# Prints a list of primes between min and max inclusive
-# Note: this functions gets very slow when used with large numbers.
-primes() {
-       local min=${1} max=${2}
-       local result= primelist=2 i p
-
-       [[ ${min} -le 2 ]] && result="${result} 2"
-
-       for ((i = 3; i <= max; i += 2))
-       do
-               for p in ${primelist}
-               do
-                       [[ $[i % p] == 0 || $[p * p] -gt ${i} ]] && \
-                               break
-               done
-               if [[ $[i % p] != 0 ]]
-               then
-                       primelist="${primelist} ${i}"
-                       [[ ${i} -ge ${min} ]] && \
-                               result="${result} ${i}"
-               fi
-       done
-
-       echo ${result}
-}
-
-# @FUNCTION: is_prima
+# @FUNCTION: is_prime
 # @USAGE: <number>
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # Checks wether a number is a prime number
 is_prime() {
        local number=${1} i
-       for i in $(primes ${number} ${number})
+
+       if [[ $[number % 2] == 0 ]]; then
+               return 1
+       fi
+
+       for ((i = 3; i * i <= number; i += 2))
        do
-               [[ ${i} == ${number} ]] && return 0
+               if [[ $[number % i ] == 0 ]]; then
+                       return 1
+               fi
        done
-       return 1
+
+       return 0
 }
 
 dospp() {
-- 
2.26.2

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