New configure option --disable-crypt.

Some Linux distributions are experimenting with a new, separately
maintained and hopefully more agile implementation of the crypt
API.  To facilitate this, add a configure option which disables
glibc's embedded libcrypt.  When this option is given, libcrypt.*
and crypt.h will not be built nor installed.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+2018-06-29  Zack Weinberg  <zackw@panix.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: New command-line option --disable-crypt.
+	Force --disable-nss-crypt when --disable-crypt is given, with a
+	warning if it was explicitly enabled.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+	* config.make.in: New boolean substitution variable $(build-crypt).
+	* Makeconfig: Only include 'crypt' in all-subdirs and rpath-dirs
+	when $(build-crypt).
+	* manual/install.texi: Document --disable-crypt.
+	* INSTALL: Regenerate.
+
+	* crypt/Makefile: Remove code conditional on $(crypt-in-libc),
+	which is never set.
+	* conform/Makefile: Only include libcrypt.a in
+	linknamespace-libs-xsi and linknamespace-libs-XPG4
+	when $(build-crypt).
+	* elf/Makefile (CFLAGS-tst-linkall-static.c): Only define
+	USE_CRYPT to 1 when $(build-crypt).
+	(tst-linkall-static): Only link libcrypt.a when $(build-crypt).
+	(localplt-built-dso): Only add libcrypt.so when $(build-crypt).
+	* elf/tst-linkall-static.c: Only include crypt.h when USE_CRYPT.
+
 2018-06-29  Zack Weinberg  <zackw@panix.com>
 
 	* crypt/crypt.h, posix/unistd.h: Update comments and

INSTALL

@@ -197,6 +197,17 @@ if 'CFLAGS' is specified it must enable optimization.  For example:
      libnss_nisplus are not built at all.  Use this option to enable
      libnsl with all depending NSS modules and header files.
 
+'--disable-crypt'
+     Do not install the passphrase-hashing library 'libcrypt' or the
+     header file 'crypt.h'.  'unistd.h' will still declare the function
+     'crypt'.  Using this option does not change the set of programs
+     that may need to be linked with '-lcrypt'; it only means that the
+     GNU C Library will not provide that library.
+
+     This option is for hackers and distributions experimenting with
+     independently-maintained implementations of libcrypt.  It may
+     become the default in a future release.
+
 '--disable-experimental-malloc'
      By default, a per-thread cache is enabled in 'malloc'.  While this
      cache can be disabled on a per-application basis using tunables

Makeconfig

@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ link-libc-printers-tests = $(link-libc-rpath) \
 			   $(link-libc-tests-after-rpath-link)
 
 # This is how to find at build-time things that will be installed there.
-rpath-dirs = math elf dlfcn nss nis rt resolv crypt mathvec support
+rpath-dirs = math elf dlfcn nss nis rt resolv mathvec support
 rpath-link = \
 $(common-objdir):$(subst $(empty) ,:,$(patsubst ../$(subdir),.,$(rpath-dirs:%=$(common-objpfx)%)))
 else  # build-static
@@ -1205,9 +1205,14 @@ all-subdirs = csu assert ctype locale intl catgets math setjmp signal	    \
 	      stdlib stdio-common libio malloc string wcsmbs time dirent    \
 	      grp pwd posix io termios resource misc socket sysvipc gmon    \
 	      gnulib iconv iconvdata wctype manual shadow gshadow po argp   \
-	      crypt localedata timezone rt conform debug mathvec support    \
+	      localedata timezone rt conform debug mathvec support	    \
 	      dlfcn elf
 
+ifeq ($(build-crypt),yes)
+all-subdirs += crypt
+rpath-dirs += crypt
+endif
+
 ifndef avoid-generated
 # sysd-sorted itself will contain rules making the sysd-sorted target
 # depend on Depend files.  But if you just added a Depend file to an

NEWS

@@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
   binaries.  It was just another name for the standard function crypt,
   and it has not appeared in any header file in many years.
 
+* We have tentative plans to hand off maintenance of the passphrase-hashing
+  library, libcrypt, to a separate development project that will, we hope,
+  keep up better with new passphrase-hashing algorithms.  We will continue
+  to declare 'crypt' in <unistd.h>, and programs that use 'crypt' or
+  'crypt_r' should not need to change at all; however, distributions will
+  need to install <crypt.h> and libcrypt from a separate project.
+
+  In this release, if the configure option --disable-crypt is used, glibc
+  will not install <crypt.h> or libcrypt, making room for the separate
+  project's versions of these files.  The plan is to make this the default
+  behavior in a future release.
+
 Changes to build and runtime requirements:
 
   [Add changes to build and runtime requirements here]

config.make.in

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ cross-compiling = @cross_compiling@
 force-install = @force_install@
 link-obsolete-rpc = @link_obsolete_rpc@
 build-obsolete-nsl = @build_obsolete_nsl@
+build-crypt = @build_crypt@
 build-nscd = @build_nscd@
 use-nscd = @use_nscd@
 build-hardcoded-path-in-tests= @hardcoded_path_in_tests@

configure

@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ build_obsolete_nsl
 link_obsolete_rpc
 libc_cv_static_nss_crypt
 libc_cv_nss_crypt
+build_crypt
 experimental_malloc
 enable_werror
 all_warnings
@@ -779,6 +780,7 @@ enable_all_warnings
 enable_werror
 enable_multi_arch
 enable_experimental_malloc
+enable_crypt
 enable_nss_crypt
 enable_obsolete_rpc
 enable_obsolete_nsl
@@ -1448,6 +1450,8 @@ Optional Features:
                           architectures
   --disable-experimental-malloc
                           disable experimental malloc features
+  --disable-crypt         do not build nor install the passphrase hashing
+                          library, libcrypt
   --enable-nss-crypt      enable libcrypt to use nss
   --enable-obsolete-rpc   build and install the obsolete RPC code for
                           link-time usage
@@ -3505,6 +3509,15 @@ fi
 
 
 
+# Check whether --enable-crypt was given.
+if test "${enable_crypt+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_crypt; build_crypt=$enableval
+else
+  build_crypt=yes
+fi
+
+
+
 # Check whether --enable-nss-crypt was given.
 if test "${enable_nss_crypt+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_nss_crypt; nss_crypt=$enableval
@@ -3512,6 +3525,11 @@ else
   nss_crypt=no
 fi
 
+if test x$build_libcrypt = xno && test x$nss_crypt = xyes; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: --enable-nss-crypt has no effect when libcrypt is disabled" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: --enable-nss-crypt has no effect when libcrypt is disabled" >&2;}
+  nss_crypt=no
+fi
 if test x$nss_crypt = xyes; then
   nss_includes=-I$(nss-config --includedir 2>/dev/null)
   if test $? -ne 0; then

configure.ac

@@ -302,11 +302,22 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([experimental-malloc],
 	      [experimental_malloc=yes])
 AC_SUBST(experimental_malloc)
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([crypt],
+              AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-crypt],
+                             [do not build nor install the passphrase hashing library, libcrypt]),
+              [build_crypt=$enableval],
+              [build_crypt=yes])
+AC_SUBST(build_crypt)
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([nss-crypt],
 	      AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-nss-crypt],
 			     [enable libcrypt to use nss]),
 	      [nss_crypt=$enableval],
 	      [nss_crypt=no])
+if test x$build_libcrypt = xno && test x$nss_crypt = xyes; then
+  AC_MSG_WARN([--enable-nss-crypt has no effect when libcrypt is disabled])
+  nss_crypt=no
+fi
 if test x$nss_crypt = xyes; then
   nss_includes=-I$(nss-config --includedir 2>/dev/null)
   if test $? -ne 0; then

conform/Makefile

@@ -193,13 +193,11 @@ linknamespace-libs-thr = $(linknamespace-libs-isoc) \
 			 $(common-objpfx)rt/librt.a $(static-thread-library)
 linknamespace-libs-posix = $(linknamespace-libs-thr) \
 			   $(common-objpfx)dlfcn/libdl.a
-linknamespace-libs-xsi = $(linknamespace-libs-posix) \
+linknamespace-libs-xsi = $(linknamespace-libs-posix)
-			 $(common-objpfx)crypt/libcrypt.a
 linknamespace-libs-ISO = $(linknamespace-libs-isoc)
 linknamespace-libs-ISO99 = $(linknamespace-libs-isoc)
 linknamespace-libs-ISO11 = $(linknamespace-libs-isoc)
-linknamespace-libs-XPG4 = $(linknamespace-libs-isoc) \
+linknamespace-libs-XPG4 = $(linknamespace-libs-isoc)
-			  $(common-objpfx)crypt/libcrypt.a
 linknamespace-libs-XPG42 = $(linknamespace-libs-XPG4)
 linknamespace-libs-POSIX = $(linknamespace-libs-thr)
 linknamespace-libs-UNIX98 = $(linknamespace-libs-xsi)
@@ -209,6 +207,11 @@ linknamespace-libs-XOPEN2K8 = $(linknamespace-libs-xsi)
 linknamespace-libs = $(foreach std,$(conformtest-standards),\
 				   $(linknamespace-libs-$(std)))
 
+ifeq ($(build-crypt),yes)
+linknamespace-libs-xsi += $(common-objpfx)crypt/libcrypt.a
+linknamespace-libs-XPG4 += $(common-objpfx)crypt/libcrypt.a
+endif
+
 $(linknamespace-symlist-stdlibs-tests): $(objpfx)symlist-stdlibs-%: \
 					$(linknamespace-libs)
 	LC_ALL=C $(READELF) -W -s $(linknamespace-libs-$*) > $@; \

crypt/Makefile

@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ libcrypt-routines := crypt-entry md5-crypt sha256-crypt sha512-crypt crypt \
 
 tests := cert md5c-test sha256c-test sha512c-test badsalttest
 
-ifeq ($(crypt-in-libc),yes)
-routines += $(libcrypt-routines)
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(nss-crypt),yes)
 nss-cpp-flags := -DUSE_NSS \
   -I$(shell nss-config --includedir) -I$(shell nspr-config --includedir)

elf/Makefile

@@ -387,14 +387,21 @@ $(objpfx)tst-_dl_addr_inside_object: $(objpfx)dl-addr-obj.os
 CFLAGS-tst-_dl_addr_inside_object.c += $(PIE-ccflag)
 endif
 
-# By default tst-linkall-static should try to use crypt routines to test
+# We can only test static libcrypt use if libcrypt has been built,
-# static libcrypt use.
+# and either NSS crypto is not in use, or static NSS libraries are
+# available.
+ifeq ($(build-crypt),no)
+CFLAGS-tst-linkall-static.c += -DUSE_CRYPT=0
+else
+ifeq ($(nss-crypt),no)
 CFLAGS-tst-linkall-static.c += -DUSE_CRYPT=1
-# However, if we are using NSS crypto and we don't have a static
+else
-# library, then we exclude the use of crypt functions in the test.
+ifeq ($(static-nss-crypt),no)
-# We similarly exclude libcrypt.a from the static link (see below).
+CFLAGS-tst-linkall-static.c += -DUSE_CRYPT=0
-ifeq (yesno,$(nss-crypt)$(static-nss-crypt))
+else
-CFLAGS-tst-linkall-static.c += -UUSE_CRYPT -DUSE_CRYPT=0
+CFLAGS-tst-linkall-static.c += -DUSE_CRYPT=1
+endif
+endif
 endif
 
 include ../Rules
@@ -1115,7 +1122,6 @@ localplt-built-dso := $(addprefix $(common-objpfx),\
 				  rt/librt.so \
 				  dlfcn/libdl.so \
 				  resolv/libresolv.so \
-				  crypt/libcrypt.so \
 		       )
 ifeq ($(build-mathvec),yes)
 localplt-built-dso += $(addprefix $(common-objpfx), mathvec/libmvec.so)
@@ -1123,6 +1129,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(have-thread-library),yes)
 localplt-built-dso += $(filter-out %_nonshared.a, $(shared-thread-library))
 endif
+ifeq ($(build-crypt),yes)
+localplt-built-dso += $(addprefix $(common-objpfx), crypt/libcrypt.so)
+endif
 
 vpath localplt.data $(+sysdep_dirs)
 
@@ -1410,6 +1419,7 @@ $(objpfx)tst-linkall-static: \
   $(common-objpfx)resolv/libanl.a \
   $(static-thread-library)
 
+ifeq ($(build-crypt),yes)
 # If we are using NSS crypto and we have the ability to link statically
 # then we include libcrypt.a, otherwise we leave out libcrypt.a and
 # link as much as we can into the tst-linkall-static test.  This assumes
@@ -1425,6 +1435,7 @@ ifeq (no,$(nss-crypt))
 $(objpfx)tst-linkall-static: \
   $(common-objpfx)crypt/libcrypt.a
 endif
+endif
 
 # The application depends on the DSO, and the DSO loads the plugin.
 # The plugin also depends on the DSO. This creates the circular

elf/tst-linkall-static.c

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
-#include <crypt.h>
+#if USE_CRYPT
+# include <crypt.h>
+#endif
 #include <resolv.h>
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <utmp.h>

manual/install.texi

@@ -230,6 +230,17 @@ libnss_nisplus are not built at all.
 Use this option to enable libnsl with all depending NSS modules and
 header files.
 
+@item --disable-crypt
+Do not install the passphrase-hashing library @file{libcrypt} or the
+header file @file{crypt.h}.  @file{unistd.h} will still declare the
+function @code{crypt}.  Using this option does not change the set of
+programs that may need to be linked with @option{-lcrypt}; it only
+means that @theglibc{} will not provide that library.
+
+This option is for hackers and distributions experimenting with
+independently-maintained implementations of libcrypt.  It may become
+the default in a future release.
+
 @item --disable-experimental-malloc
 By default, a per-thread cache is enabled in @code{malloc}.  While
 this cache can be disabled on a per-application basis using tunables