On Nov 24 22:35:09, st...@openbsd.org wrote:
> On 2015/11/24 23:28, Jan Stary wrote:
> > The ports guide says
> >
> > <li>OpenBSD does NOT require <tt>-lcrypt</tt>.<br>
> > DES encryption is part of the standard <tt>libc</tt>.
> >
> >
> > Is DES really what we provide in crypt(),
> > as opposed to Blowfish?
> >
> > Jan
>
> Good catch, maybe just say "the crypt(3) function"?
A rewording like that is below. Omitting the (3), as other names do
in guide.html, unless they are links to man.cgi. But apart from that,
should it say something like "we have a crypt() in libc, but don't use it"?
Jan
--- guide.html.orig 2015-11-24 19:46:48.000000000 +0100
+++ guide.html 2015-11-25 08:19:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ And then the update.
instead of blindly installing files.
<li>OpenBSD does NOT compress man pages.
<li>OpenBSD does NOT require <tt>-lcrypt</tt>.<br>
- DES encryption is part of the standard <tt>libc</tt>.
+ A <tt>crypt</tt> function is implemented in the standard <tt>libc</tt>.
<li>OpenBSD has a separate namespace for users and groups created by ports.
See <tt>/usr/ports/infrastructure/db/user.list</tt> for details.
<li>OpenBSD is strongly security-oriented. You should read and understand
