[Buildroot] [PATCHv2 proposal/next 2/3] build: replace host-mkpasswd with host-busybox
Arnout Vandecappelle
arnout at mind.be
Mon Jun 4 22:21:10 UTC 2018
On 01-06-18 15:30, Stefan Becker wrote:
> host-mkpasswd was a fork from whois to provide a host version of
> mkpasswd for the build. This has caused a maintenance headache.
>
> Replace it with host-busybox which can provide "mkpasswd" functionality
> from own source code. That causes less hassle for different build
> platforms.
Just to be clear: does everybody agree that it is a good idea to use
weakly-random numbers as salt, rather than real random numbers like whois does?
Regards,
Arnout
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