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| author | Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org> | 2023-07-17 12:44:17 -0400 |
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| committer | Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> | 2023-07-20 20:38:13 +0200 |
| commit | 6c85c5a1773d786ccdc375e34431488fbcdd88e0 (patch) | |
| tree | 92262669e775c2498c1f50dc544d8a43c98940e5 /manual | |
| parent | 3edca7f545d226bfbf553e676e22cbfec14adfe8 (diff) | |
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configure: Disable building libcrypt by default
We mentioned eventual dropping of libcrypt in the 2.28 NEWS. Actually put that plan in motion by first disabling building libcrypt by default. note in NEWS that the library will be dropped completely in a future release. Also add a couple of builds into build-many-glibcs.py. Signed-off-by: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org> Reviewed-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index be27a1b600..623d64a4b5 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -256,16 +256,18 @@ configure with @option{--disable-werror}. By default for x86_64, @theglibc{} is built with the vector math library. Use this option to disable the vector math library. -@item --disable-crypt -Do not install the passphrase-hashing library @file{libcrypt} or the -header file @file{crypt.h}. @file{unistd.h} will still declare the -function @code{crypt}. Using this option does not change the set of -programs that may need to be linked with @option{-lcrypt}; it only -means that @theglibc{} will not provide that library. - -This option is for hackers and distributions experimenting with -independently-maintained implementations of libcrypt. It may become -the default in a future release. +@item --enable-crypt +Install the legacy passphrase-hashing library @file{libcrypt} and the +header file @file{crypt.h}. @file{unistd.h} will declare the function +@code{crypt} regardless of this option. Using this option does not +change the set of programs that may need to be linked with +@option{-lcrypt}; it only means that @theglibc{} will provide that +library. + +This option is for hackers and distributions who may not yet be able to +use libcrypt alternatives such as libxcrypt and need this legacy +implementation as a temporary workaround. Note that libcrypt may be +removed in a future release. @item --disable-scv Disable using @code{scv} instruction for syscalls. All syscalls will use |