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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d1de6830a1..ebe63a2f40 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -116,6 +116,23 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: fcntl and LFS support is handled transparently. Also for Linux, the OFD locks act as a cancellation entrypoint. +* The obsolete functions encrypt, encrypt_r, setkey, setkey_r, cbc_crypt, + ecb_crypt, and des_setparity are no longer available to newly linked + binaries, and the headers <rpc/des_crypt.h> and <rpc/rpc_des.h> are no + longer installed. These functions encrypted and decrypted data with the + DES block cipher, which is no longer considered secure. Software that + still uses these functions should switch to a modern cryptography library, + such as libgcrypt. + +* Reflecting the removal of the encrypt and setkey functions above, the + macro _XOPEN_CRYPT is no longer defined. As a consequence, the crypt + function is no longer declared unless _DEFAULT_SOURCE or _GNU_SOURCE is + enabled. + +* The obsolete function fcrypt is no longer available to newly linked + binaries. It was just another name for the standard function crypt, + and it has not appeared in any header file in many years. + Changes to build and runtime requirements: [Add changes to build and runtime requirements here] |