GNU crypt 2.0.6 --------------- This is the GNU crypt package; it supplies source code for a `crypt' function that works with version 2.0.6 of the GNU C library. There are no material differences between version 2.0.5 and 2.0.6 of this package. The principal US distribution site for this package is ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc-crypt-2.0.6.tar.gz (At the time of writing, ftp.gnu.org has IP address 18.159.0.42.) Due to the export restrictions of the United States, it is illegal to download this package from a site in the US if you are outside the US. We support the campaign to abolish these restrictions. In the mean time, we make this package available from sites outside the US as well. Here is the principal non-US distribution site: ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/gnu/glibc-crypt-2.0.6.tar.gz (At the time of writing, ftp.ifi.uio.no has IP adresse 129.240.64.44.) This package was developed outside the US, and was transferred from its developers to the non-US distribution site without ever going through the US. We encourage archive maintainers both inside and outside the US to copy this distribution to their archives. If you install a regular mirroring service, please let us know about your mirror site, by sending email to . To build this package, unpack the tar file in the top-level directory of the GNU libc distribution *before* you configure GNU libc. Here is how: tar xf glibc-2.0.6.tar cd glibc-2.0.6 tar xf ../glibc-crypt-2.0.6.tar Once this is done, you must configure GNU libc, specifying that the crypt add-on is present. You do this by using the --enable-add-ons option, like this: configure --enable-add-ons=crypt,... Here, `...' stands for the other add-ons you are using. See the FAQ file in the GNU libc sources for more information about add-ons. The code of this package was mainly written by Michael Glad . but this version is now maintained by the GNU libc maintainers. Previous versions of this package supported independent use, and did not require GNU libc. Reorganizing the source to work with the add-on mechanism made it hard to to support a stand-alone makefile, and we decided not to do it; therefore, this version works only as an add-on for GNU libc. However, if you write such a makefile, and do a good job, we could install it. Meanwhile, Michael Glad still distributes source for a standalone version of the crypt library. Please report bugs in the library using the `glibcbug' script which is part of the GNU libc to . Suggestions and other comments should go to .