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Message-ID: <20261112134516.GD1951@disset.lip.ens-lyon.fr>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:45:16 +0100
From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@...c17.net>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx+linux-man@...nel.org>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>, Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>,
	linux-man@...r.kernel.org, libc-alpha@...rceware.org,
	Walter Harms <wharms@....de>, ~hallyn/shadow@...ts.sr.ht,
	musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v1] man/man3/crypt.3: These functions accept
 many algorithms, not only DES

On 2026-11-12 14:23:08 +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> 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 	The POSIX specification is significantly outdated,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?

OK for me.

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