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Fix modular square root test with LibreSSL >= 3.8
[ This is a backport to the 3.1 branch. ] If x is a modular square root of a (mod p) then so is (p - x). Both answers are valid. In particular, both 2 and 3 are valid square roots of 4 (mod 5). Do not assume that a particular square root is chosen by the algorithm. Indeed, the algorithm in OpenSSL and LibreSSL <= 3.7 returns a non-deterministic answer in many cases. LibreSSL 3.8 and later will always return the smaller of the two possible answers. This breaks the current test case. Instead of checking for a particular square root, check that the square of the claimed square root is the given value. This is always true. Add the simplest test case where the answer is indeed non-deterministic. (cherry picked from commit 93548ae)
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