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| -rw-r--r-- | loginutils/Config.in | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/loginutils/Config.in b/loginutils/Config.in index e39fb6f79..89b2b1098 100644 --- a/loginutils/Config.in +++ b/loginutils/Config.in @@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ config USE_BB_CRYPT bool "Use internal DES and MD5 crypt functions rather than system functions" default y help - If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password - and group functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k) + If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's + crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k) static buffers in these functions, and also combine them with more general DES encryption/decryption routines. For busybox, having large static buffers is undesirable, - especially so on NOMMU machines. + especially on NOMMU machines. These functions produce results which are identical to corresponding C library functions. |