grub-md5-crypt

[Jason Thomas]

Hi all,

just fixed the big with md5crypt in grub, and this was also part of the
bug report, after check this out I noticed that the question was asked
in the grub-md5-crypt code. so here is what was suggested.


> BTW, re lines 70-79 of the grub-md5-crypt script:
> "read -r" *is* the portable way, see SUSv2. All shells likely to be
> under /bin/sh must support it. I personally tested ash, bash, and zsh.
> Are there any specific reports of breakage with a sh that claims POSIX
> compatibility?

Thanks.

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