The point is it's not needed, it's in BLFS where it belongs.
I remember you getting upset when we had OpenSSL and OpenSSH in the cross-lfs book for MIPS architectures, saying it was not needed, and I made it so it wasn't needed.
If your going to add Cracklib to the notes, you might as well add it to the book, while your add it add iptables and Berkeley DB they are useful to a system..
The bottom line is the only use for Cracklib in shadow is to make sure someone doesn't use a password that's in the installed dictionary. If you want to add better security for user logons, you need to use a combination of LDAP and Kerberos.
I just don't see any reason for all this hype for a way to check what a user uses for a password.
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