Issue #18405: Improve the entropy of crypt.mksalt().
diff --git a/Lib/crypt.py b/Lib/crypt.py
index b90c81c..49ab96e 100644
--- a/Lib/crypt.py
+++ b/Lib/crypt.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
if method is None:
method = methods[0]
s = '${}$'.format(method.ident) if method.ident else ''
- s += ''.join(_sr.sample(_saltchars, method.salt_chars))
+ s += ''.join(_sr.choice(_saltchars) for char in range(method.salt_chars))
return s
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b37bf3a..7a4491a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #18405: Improve the entropy of crypt.mksalt().
+
- Issue #18676: Change 'positive' to 'non-negative' in queue.py put and get
docstrings and ValueError messages. Patch by Zhongyue Luo