no, you're all missing the point =P

bash$ pwd
/usr/local/nrg/src/perl-5.8.0
bash$ fgrep des_fcrypt README.*
README.win32:If you have either the source or a library that contains 
+des_fcrypt(),
README.win32:enable the appropriate option in the makefile.  des_fcryp
+t() is not
README.win32:name of the file that implements des_fcrypt().  Alternati
+vely, if
README.win32:you have built a library that contains des_fcrypt(), you 
+can set
README.win32:implementations of des_fcrypt().  Older versions have a s
+ingle,
README.win32:in des_fcrypt.patch.
README.win32:Perl will also build without des_fcrypt(), but the crypt(
+) builtin will
bash$

[download]

it's a win32ism which is why most of us who have built Perl a gazillion times have never seen it =P it's so standard on unix that it's always there. that's about all i can say.

In reply to Re: Perl sources and crypt() by zengargoyle
in thread Perl sources and crypt() by gmpassos

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