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Re: Helmut Geyer, where are you?

On Wed, Sep 24, 1997 at 04:49:47PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> The README in glibc says:
>   Users outside the USA can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP
>   from ftp.ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.21], or another archive site outside
>   the USA.  Archive maintainers are encouraged to copy this distribution
>   to their archives outside the USA.  Please get it from ftp.ifi.uio.no;
>   transferring this distribution from prep.ai.mit.edu (or any other site
>   in the USA) to a site outside the USA is in violation of US export
>   laws.
> 
> So what is the crypt code doing on master?  Is there a policy
> exception for libc6?

This has come up before.  The FSF is just covering their behind.  In
case you don't know, libc5 has always provided the same crypt code.
This is why I chose to ignore the warning when I initially packaged
libc6.  We don't really have any choice in the matter.  We can't
realisticly make a distribution and tell CD vendors they can't include
this one little, critical part and that their customers will all have
to go ftp it themselves.  FWIW, RedHat also ignores the warning and
includes libcrypt.

David
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