OpenBSD does NOT require -lcrypt, DES encryption is part of the standard libc.

--- configure.orig	Sat May  5 12:17:40 2007
+++ configure	Thu Jan 12 14:41:38 2012
@@ -5032,69 +5032,6 @@ done
 
 
 
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for main in -lcrypt" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for main in -lcrypt... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_lib_crypt_main+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lcrypt  $LIBS"
-cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-return main ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
-if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
-  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext &&
-       $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext; then
-  ac_cv_lib_crypt_main=yes
-else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-	ac_cv_lib_crypt_main=no
-fi
-
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
-      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
-fi
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_crypt_main" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_crypt_main" >&6; }
-if test $ac_cv_lib_crypt_main = yes; then
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_LIBCRYPT 1
-_ACEOF
-
-  LIBS="-lcrypt $LIBS"
-
-fi