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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:23:08 +0100
From: Alejandro Colomar <alx+linux-man@...nel.org>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@...c17.net>, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>, linux-man@...r.kernel.org, libc-alpha@...rceware.org,
Walter Harms <wharms@....de>, ~hallyn/shadow@...ts.sr.ht, musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v1] man/man3/crypt.3: These functions accept
many algorithms, not only DES
Hi Vincent,
> Date: 2026-11-12 14:17:37+0100
> From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@...c17.net>
>
> On 2026-11-12 13:27:13 +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > How about something this (we can improve the wording)?
> >
> > diff --git i/man/man3/crypt.3 w/man/man3/crypt.3
> > index 524781d3c2a0..d579bc5394fb 100644
> > --- i/man/man3/crypt.3
> > +++ w/man/man3/crypt.3
> > @@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ .SH ATTRIBUTES
> > .BR crypt_r ()
> > T} Thread safety MT-Safe
> > .TE
> > +.SH VERSIONS
> > +POSIX specifies a quite useless API,
> > +and all systems extend it significantly.
> > .SH STANDARDS
> > .TP
> > .BR crypt ()
>
> The API was useful in the past, but things have evolved.
> Just say that all systems extend the POSIX specification
> significantly.
Hmm, yeah, I didn't intend to say POSIX is bad; I just wanted to let
people know that POSIX is irrelevant about crypt(3) these days (as Rich
said). Perhaps:
The POSIX specification is significantly outdated,
and all systems extend it significantly.
What do you think?
Cheers,
Alex
>
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