From: Alejandro Colomar <alx+linux-man@kernel.org>
To: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Cc: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>,
Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>,
linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org,
Walter Harms <wharms@bfs.de>,
~hallyn/shadow@lists.sr.ht, musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [musl] Re: [PATCH v1] man/man3/crypt.3: These functions accept many algorithms, not only DES
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:22:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <avY7qcV_W3ikoW07@devuan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261112180852.GO5716@brightrain.aerifal.cx>
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Hi Rich,
> Date: 2026-11-12 13:08:52-0500
> From: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
>
[...]
> As an aside, can we please remove the language using nonstandard
> gnulib functions (streq) that are not part of any standard library?
> This is not doing anyone a service. Experienced C programmers will
> understand it as essentially pseudocode and write something correct
> themselves, but novices will be confused why their code doesn't work.
Okay.
> I assume you have some sort of thing against strcmp,
I do.
> but that kind of
> polemic treatment does not belong in descriptive documentation.
Ok.
As an aside, would you mind implementing streq(3) in musl?
Have a lovely night!
Alex
>
> Rich
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Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-09 23:58 [PATCH v1] man/man3/crypt.3: These functions accept many algorithms, not only DES Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-10 0:01 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-11 15:05 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2026-11-11 18:55 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-11 21:13 ` [musl] " Rich Felker
2026-11-11 21:43 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 1:52 ` Vincent Lefevre
2026-11-12 2:53 ` Rich Felker
2026-11-12 3:29 ` Vincent Lefevre
2026-11-12 3:37 ` [musl] " Rich Felker
2026-11-12 10:28 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 11:40 ` Vincent Lefevre
2026-11-12 12:08 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 13:15 ` Vincent Lefevre
2026-11-12 13:26 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 12:08 ` Rich Felker
2026-11-12 12:27 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 12:41 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2026-11-12 13:12 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 13:27 ` Vincent Lefevre
2026-11-12 13:17 ` Vincent Lefevre
2026-11-12 13:23 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 13:45 ` Vincent Lefevre
2026-11-12 13:55 ` Rich Felker
2026-11-12 14:07 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 14:43 ` Rich Felker
2026-11-12 14:58 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 18:08 ` Rich Felker
2026-11-12 22:22 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
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