= System Wide Change: Replace glibc's libcrypt with libxcrypt = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Replace_glibc_libcrypt_with_libxcrypt Change owner(s): * Björn Esser <besser82 AT fedoraproject DOT org,> * Florian Weimer <fweimer AT redhat DOT com> There are plans to remove libcrypt from glibc, so we should have a replacement. == Detailed Description == Since there has been some discussion in the last time about removing libcrypt from glibc in some time and splitting it out into a separate project which can evolve quicker, Zack Weinberg and I put some work into libxcrypt to make it a basically suitable replacement. It comes with a set of extended interfaces pioneered by Openwall Linux, crypt_rn, crypt_ra, crypt_gensalt, crypt_gensalt_rn, and crypt_gensalt_ra. The crypt and gensalt functions are supporting all (except for Crypt16, which was used on Ultrix and Tru64, only) widely used password hashing algorithms, which before were specific to just some operating system's implementations of libcrypt. == Scope == * Proposal owners: - Apply needed packaging changes to glibc - Review, import and build libxcrypt for Fedora 28 * Other developers: Test their applications using one of the following interfaces for unexpected changes in functionality: - crypt() - crypt_r() - encrypt() - encrypt_r() - fcrypt() - setkey() - setkey_r() Release engineering: #7160 https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7160 none expected * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change) * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
