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authorAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2023-10-02 09:11:49 -0300
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2023-10-30 13:03:59 -0300
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crypt: Remove libcrypt support
All the crypt related functions, cryptographic algorithms, and make requirements are removed, with only the exception of md5 implementation which is moved to locale folder since it is required by localedef for integrity protection (libc's locale-reading code does not check these, but localedef does generate them). Besides thec code itself, both internal documentation and the manual is also adjusted. This allows to remove both --enable-crypt and --enable-nss-crypt configure options. Checked with a build for all affected ABIs. Co-authored-by: Zack Weinberg <zack@owlfolio.org> Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
".tmp", to avoid examining temporary files created by the RPM and dpkg
package managers.
+* libcrypt has been removed from the GNU C Library. The configure
+ options "--enable-crypt" and "--enable-nss-crypt" are no longer
+ available. <crypt.h>, libcrypt.a, and libcrypt.so.1 will not be
+ installed, and <unistd.h> will not declare the crypt function.
+
+ The replacement for libcrypt is libxcrypt, maintained separately from
+ GNU libc, but available under compatible licensing terms, and providing
+ binary backward compatibility with the former libcrypt. It is currently
+ distributed from <https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/>.
+
+ As a consequence of this removal, GNU libc no longer makes any use of
+ the NSS cryptography library (Network Security Services; not to be
+ confused with Name Service Switch). Distributors of binary packages
+ of GNU libc are advised to check whether their build processes can be
+ simplified.
+
Changes to build and runtime requirements:
* Building on LoongArch requires at a minimum binutils 2.41 for vector