[Bug 1742436] Re: libcrypt being deprecated in favor of libxcrypt

[asi]

Ehm, libcryptsetup in Ubuntu uses libcrypt? I do not think so.

(Crypto backend should be libgcrypt or openssl).

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Title:
  libcrypt being deprecated in favor of libxcrypt

Status in cryptsetup package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  libcrypt is not actively developed and plan exist to deprecate it and
  being replaced by libxcrypt (quite old version into ubuntu archive).

  https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-08/msg01257.html

  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Replace_glibc_libcrypt_with_libxcrypt

  https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: libcryptsetup4 2:1.7.3-4ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-25.29-generic 4.13.13
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-25-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Wed Jan 10 13:52:04 2018
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: cryptsetup
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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