[blfs] branch trunk updated: cracklib: drop outdated note about shadow

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     new 796e6c3b51 cracklib: drop outdated note about shadow
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commit 796e6c3b51db842382f5d779de31855137cd474f
Author: Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Aug 23 16:33:08 2026 +0800

    cracklib: drop outdated note about shadow
    
    The support to use cracklib directly has been dropped from shadow.  Now
    to enforce password strength requirement we need to rebuild shadow with
    PAM, and install libpwquality (which provides a PAM module).
---
 postlfs/security/cracklib.xml | 13 -------------
 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/postlfs/security/cracklib.xml b/postlfs/security/cracklib.xml
index fc72e76a9d..e81c7f6e49 100644
--- a/postlfs/security/cracklib.xml
+++ b/postlfs/security/cracklib.xml
@@ -178,19 +178,6 @@ create-cracklib-dict     /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words \
 
 <screen remap="test"><userinput>python3 -c 'import cracklib; cracklib.test()'</userinput></screen>
 
-    <important>
-      <para>
-        If you are installing <application>CrackLib</application> after
-        your LFS system has been completed and you have the
-        <application>Shadow</application> package installed, you must
-        reinstall <xref linkend="shadow"/> if you wish to provide strong
-        password support on your system. If you are now going to install the
-        <xref linkend="linux-pam"/> package, you may disregard this note as
-        <application>Shadow</application> will be reinstalled after the
-        <application>Linux-PAM</application> installation.
-      </para>
-    </important>
-
   </sect2>
 
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