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[PATCH] gnu: whois: Remove bundled mkpasswd.

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, ludo <at> gnu.org
Cc: 30037 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#30037] [PATCH] gnu: whois: Remove bundled mkpasswd.
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 18:05:55 +0100

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Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> writes:

> Ludo',
>
> Ludovic Courtès wrote on 09/01/18 at 14:36:
>> LGTM, thanks!
>
> Thanks. However, I'm now convinced that this program is confusingly
> named but belongs where it is, and we should simply remove the TODO
> comment. It's not ‘bundled’ in the sense of the word we use.
>
> If no-one objects I'll do just that & close this bug.

LGTM!

I was just about to write that I actually *use* this software, and
suggest doing the same thing.  It's a convenient tool for generating a
password string suitable for /etc/shadow.  And it's tiny, so separating
it out seems "overkill".

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