Bug#1951: perl is not exportable from the US
"Michael E. Deisher" <deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU>, in a magnificent manifestation of deity, wrote:
>Package: perl (elf-perl, actually)
>Version: 5.001
>Revision: 5
>
>Perl contains a working crypt function and thus cannot be legally
>exported from the US (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Probably, the
>crypt capability should be removed so that we and people exporting
>Debian CDs are protected. :-/
Not really. It just uses crypt from libc. This should either be closed
or redirected to libc.
Darren
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