Re: nfo: prepare for release 4.0.16

On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> On Tuesday 30 May 2006 15:37, Tomasz KÂłoczko wrote:
>> - by default do not use libshadow_getpass() as getpass() replacemement.
>>   Use libshadow_getpass() only when S/KEY support is enabled.
>>   Current glibc getpass() handles correctly longer than 8 characters
>>   passwords and libshadow_getpass() is used only because libc getpass()
>>   do not handles password prompting with echo enabled,
>
> perhaps update the login.defs comments for GETPASS_ASTERISKS to note that it
> only applies when skey support is enabled ?  if you build shadow with skey
> disabled but you change that value in login.defs, you get a nice warning now
> where there was none before :)
> configuration error - unknown item 'GETPASS_ASTERISKS' (notify administrator)

This is intentional.
I'm not touching login.defs man page because it need major rewrite. If you 
want fill free do this :)
I'm also looking for some way generate diffrent roff man pages depending 
on i.e. is PAM enabled or not (IIRC it must be possible on XML/XSLT level 
do this .. any help on this will be welcome).
Next release probably will also install system login.defs with diffrent 
content depending on source level configuration (i.e. PAM is enabled or 
not).

Now I don't see now any real objections about remove libshadow_getpass() 
from source tree so if nothing changes it will be removed but I'm still 
waiting and final remove and if will be performed will be just before 
close next release (smaller code is better :)

kloczek
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