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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2023-06-30 03:55:58 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2023-06-30 04:05:51 +0800
commitc727d7e7f701db63f6a32d52ff2679289cb86706 (patch)
tree1c48095957c37d9222dd9ff87dcc55961cec9b4e /prologue
parentbbfb090d2a43fc140de9c9475e4f4913529d0f57 (diff)
Add libxcrypt
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</listitem>
<listitem>
+ <para>Libxcrypt</para>
+
+ <para>This package provides the
+ <systemitem class='library'>libcrypt</systemitem> library
+ needed by various packages (notably, Shadow) for hashing passwords.
+ It replaces the obsolete
+ <systemitem class='library'>libcrypt</systemitem> implmentation in
+ Glibc.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>Linux Kernel</para>
<para>This package is the Operating System. It is the Linux in