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diff --git a/prologue/why.xml b/prologue/why.xml index 7cfa14b7a..7cbe0e184 100644 --- a/prologue/why.xml +++ b/prologue/why.xml @@ -374,6 +374,17 @@ </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 |