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diff --git a/metadata/news/2021-10-18-libxcrypt-migration-stable/2021-10-18-libxcrypt-migration-stable.en.txt b/metadata/news/2021-10-18-libxcrypt-migration-stable/2021-10-18-libxcrypt-migration-stable.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ccfcdddcff09 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2021-10-18-libxcrypt-migration-stable/2021-10-18-libxcrypt-migration-stable.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +Title: migrating from glibc[crypt] to libxcrypt in stable +Author: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> +Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2021-10-18 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 + +The implementation of libcrypt.so within glibc has been deprecated +for a long time and will be removed in the near future. + +For this reason, we are following other distributions (where +this has been tested for years already) and switching to the +external libxcrypt implementation, now also in stable installations. + +This will be a regular update, and in nearly all cases you +will not have to take any action and not observe any problems. + +We do recommend, however, that your system is *fully* up +to date first. This is a standard recommendation but in this +specific case, it is useful to have a simplified depgraph +to ensure that Portage is able to smoothly calculate +an upgrade path. + +That is, please take the opportunity to fully upgrade your +systems now, before the migration occurs, to simplify matters. + +This change will occur on 2021-11-01 for stable users. +~arch users by default should already have switched. + +If for whatever reason you do *not* wish to switch now - +which is only delaying the inevitable - you +need to take the following steps: +* unmask and enable the crypt USE flag of sys-libs/glibc +* mask the system USE flag of sys-libs/libxcrypt +* mask >=virtual/libcrypt-2 + +If you wish to manually migrate now, there are a series +of steps described on the wiki (see below), but the outline is: +* unforce the crypt USE flag of sys-libs/glibc and disable it +* unmask the system and split-usr (if applicable) USE flag of sys-libs/libxcrypt +and enable it +* unmask ~virtual/libcrypt-2 + +Please note that if you last changed your password before ~2008, +it may be using md5crypt or similar other weak mechanisms in /etc/shadow; +a bug in PAM [0][1] may mean that you were unable to login. We recommend +using "passwd" to change/refresh your password so it is using modern +methods. A new version of PAM has been added to the tree to resolve this issue. + +In some cases, Portage may schedule a rebuild of certain packages in an +incorrect order [2]. If building a package fails, please try upgrading +libcrypt and libxcrypt first: + +# emerge -v1 virtual/libcrypt sys-libs/libxcrypt + +And then continue the world upgrade with Portage's "--keep-going=y". + +For more information or troubleshooting tips, please see: +* https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Toolchain/libcrypt_implementation +* https://bugs.gentoo.org/699422 + +[0] https://bugs.gentoo.org/802267 +[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/802807 +[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/802210 |