Re: [musl] Re: [PATCH v1] man/man3/crypt.3: These functions accept many algorithms, not only DES

[Alejandro Colomar <alx+linux-man@kernel.org>]

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Hi Vincent,

> Date: 2026-11-12 14:17:37+0100
> From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.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	The POSIX specification is significantly outdated,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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