From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ed1-x529.google.com (mail-ed1-x529.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::529]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED3273858CDB for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 04:16:57 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org ED3273858CDB Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-ed1-x529.google.com with SMTP id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-51e362e4c61so1864789a12.0 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:16:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1689308216; x=1691900216; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=VsRal03gkxrN5gKB1di0dSOeS9+oqBz4aF5mk5kI+rU=; b=SIDJZUEIOu+8gFEw0iaXzbc9Au8J6esdvlpNhS2p4o34daZn2siFu1Te4BQd5nVG/y N9OwgDTy1K2YF0C//zvkCjPLffhMowGWKguNw/+yVrj3zgax20qS6ypZzhrC1K4olKSD cO85oPtdIOt7hANvZhlPVt/3ilm0SwgIjpkz42/zK2YwO2dBz3+pWko/FxPwEQfE11ZJ ZrWl7ThYePTnaSvNF8ziNYqyNEwTG5bGdwgE+1hudKSDM+wkFWcD418U35gFemLtFuBH MLp4OrYQkGzUndsC6isbEbMwMZ1H30CGItoA4dDjCYDcuCpANr9Ok4fd/+iWyCJVvgQF J9Jw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1689308216; x=1691900216; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=VsRal03gkxrN5gKB1di0dSOeS9+oqBz4aF5mk5kI+rU=; b=I1aevqOAKWtdf8imv2y9zOIHF4nvC9fVzjSxKy2+aRM1wKDF36J0J42sCNn2lIy5sB WUFEEwfZLkYppyoIAS13Ui7QWDu4EhBbnxF1NyOHjZbQ9J/WAJeA84JQ/m6XUgtjcsaQ PUYjYooxO+4I2ORdix3htCHJLuM8Cj/9hrPctqNnb5IdXPH8LrGebPQU/Cf93C1iwxUx 0MjaA/miwX7WuNTdIh7TALO7xBe6ba3lyt1snDDrRKwggR8H6Hcr+/EnWtiQZOXqXOq6 VpVnDVaKLXcOihvebDSvwvWagvWLbA7rLw3Yl+fnZgMKTmvX0clf3WXGtDNg95uBj2GQ beTA== X-Gm-Message-State: ABy/qLYTIrVu9fEdjivvhniGuA0nAU9d1bHgnUu/zxWJio9UK5ZqnKua EyKVagWHaQHFDm6rfCm0/0gEoZN8tWPrcg/SnA/fFmAh X-Google-Smtp-Source: APBJJlGZPa8qdyCRCh14BRjNKUDALmtW/hB0Binc4RYkh7Fhiu+RUCt6bZAvhGclXjyrk5AQvlHYsHiQJXToDv+r4Ro= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:1241:b0:51e:65d:1f6c with SMTP id l1-20020a056402124100b0051e065d1f6cmr3622312edw.9.1689308216398; Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:16:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230629184156.2789945-1-siddhesh@sourceware.org> <20230630014248.2819836-1-siddhesh@sourceware.org> <20230630014248.2819836-5-siddhesh@sourceware.org> In-Reply-To: <20230630014248.2819836-5-siddhesh@sourceware.org> From: Mark Harris Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:16:45 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] configure: Disable building libcrypt by default To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: > We mentioned eventual dropping of libcrypt in the 2.28 NEWS. Actually > put that plan in motion by first disabling building libcrypt by default. > In the near future we need to drop it completely but ISTM that Gentoo > still uses it to fix some perl compatibility issues. The following paragraph in INSTALL concerning --disable-crypt should also be updated, since the patch makes it disabled by default. Perhaps this should instead clarify who might need to enable it. > This option is for hackers and distributions experimenting with > independently-maintained implementations of libcrypt. It may become > the default in a future release. - Mark