Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 21:27:44 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NODESCRYPTLINKS=true doesn't work Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003122126370.29706-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200003130457.FAA39525@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > "WANTDESCRYPTLINKS" is the historical behaviour which hasn't
> > changed.
>
> Are you sure? I think the historical behaviour was to _not_
> touch the symlinks at all, which I thought was a very sensible
> and POLA-conforming default. I'm always using the DES-capable
As Bruce explained, someone broke it a while back.
> crypt lib (to be able to share passwords with Solaris boxes),
> and a "make world" never changed the symlinks.
For the reason I already explained.
Kris
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