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  • From: "Jeremy Blosser (emrys)" <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] util-linux-crypto
  • Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 17:07:58 -0600

On Mar 07, Ladislav Hagara [ladislav.hagara AT unob.cz] wrote:
> I would like to remove (deprecate) spell util-linux-crypto. It is very
> old, version 2.11r from 30-May-2002. It is BUILD_API=1 spell so instead
> of convert it to BUILD_API=2 I prefer to deprecate it.
>
> According to ledger [1] it is installed on 3 boxes. It is not installed
> on "live" boxes (updated last 30 days). I think nobody really use it.
> Crypto features were added to Linux kernel and standard util-linux long
> time ago.

I know at least one person who tried to use it on a box install and it just
didn't work, don't know if that's the general case or not. If it's that
out of date then it isn't doing any good anyway.

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