Bug 2273068 - Review Request: libxcrypt-epel - Extended crypt library for descrypt, md5crypt, bcrypt, and others (compat-only EPEL package)
Summary: Review Request: libxcrypt-epel - Extended crypt library for descrypt, md5cryp...
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Davide Cavalca
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-04-03 21:00 UTC by Michel Lind
Modified: 2024-07-30 03:52 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2024-07-30 03:52:16 UTC
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Embargoed:
davide: fedora-review+


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Description Michel Lind 2024-04-03 21:00:06 UTC
Spec URL: https://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/libxcrypt-epel.spec
SRPM URL: https://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/libxcrypt-epel-4.4.36-6.eln136.src.rpm

Description:
libxcrypt is a modern library for one-way hashing of passwords.  It
supports a wide variety of both modern and historical hashing methods:
yescrypt, gost-yescrypt, scrypt, bcrypt, sha512crypt, sha256crypt,
md5crypt, SunMD5, sha1crypt, NT, bsdicrypt, bigcrypt, and descrypt.
It provides the traditional Unix crypt and crypt_r interfaces, as well
as a set of extended interfaces pioneered by Openwall Linux, crypt_rn,
crypt_ra, crypt_gensalt, crypt_gensalt_rn, and crypt_gensalt_ra.

libxcrypt is intended to be used by login(1), passwd(1), and other
similar programs; that is, to hash a small number of passwords during
an interactive authentication dialogue with a human. It is not suitable
for use in bulk password-cracking applications, or in any other situation
where speed is more important than careful handling of sensitive data.
However, it is intended to be fast and lightweight enough for use in
servers that must field thousands of login attempts per minute.

This version of the library does not provide the legacy API functions
that have been provided by glibc's libcrypt.so.1.

Fedora Account System Username: salimma

Comment 1 Michel Lind 2024-04-03 21:05:35 UTC
Koji scratch build: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=115839224
Spec diff from original libxcrypt: https://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/libxcrypt-epel.spec.diff

Comment 2 Davide Cavalca 2024-04-03 21:10:41 UTC
This is effectively a compat package to limit the fallout from https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libxcrypt/pull-request/16 on ELN (and likely EPEL 10 down the road). Diff looks sane and I don't see any installation conflicts, so it's APPROVED.

Comment 3 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2024-04-03 21:13:40 UTC
The Pagure repository was created at https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libxcrypt-epel


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