Bug#904019: ITP: libxcrypt -- Extended crypt library for DES, MD5, Blowfish and others

[Michael Stone]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 02:35:59AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:

I think you can do something like:

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# postinst time: use link & rename to replace working version atomically.

It's technically possible, but AFAICT a policy violation.

Mike Stone