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@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * libcrypt has been removed from the GNU C Library. The configure options "--enable-crypt" and "--enable-nss-crypt" are no longer available. <crypt.h>, libcrypt.a, and libcrypt.so.1 will not be - installed, and <unistd.h> will not declare the crypt function. + installed. For now <unistd.h> continues to declare the crypt + function by default, to avoid introducing vulnerabilities into + existing applications due to a missing prototype. This declaration + is deprecated and may be removed in a future glibc release. The replacement for libcrypt is libxcrypt, maintained separately from GNU libc, but available under compatible licensing terms, and providing |