Crypt-Password

I finally had some time to do some testing on FreeBSD. Some things have changed, for sure. Isn't it redundant to require ; Auth-Type := Crypt-Local and Crypt-Password == "..." for encrypted passwords and or Auth-Type := Local and User-Password == "..." for clear text passwords? Auth-Type:=Local used to work with User-Password for clear text and Crypt-Password for encrypted passwords. I remember vaguely there was some discussion about this or NT-Passwords and SHA-Passwords but I can't seem to find it. It will make transitioning to or from clear text passwords a bit more difficult.