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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9432564444..4580fe381d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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 |