Okay, thanks,
I had forgotten about that (having been running the full beta period and upgrading from the beta)
I actually tried
yum install php73-php-pecl-mcrypt
just to find out:
Warning: No matches found for: php73-php-pecl-mcrypt
Actually, a search now reveals this:
# yum search pecl-mcrypt
php-pecl-mcrypt.x86_64 : Bindings for the libmcrypt library
php72-php-pecl-mcrypt.x86_64 : Bindings for the libmcrypt library
So there does not seem to be an mcrypt alternative for PHP 7.3 available.
As for mcrypt I know the facts. My customers still use a few small legacy third-party applications that should need quite a bit of rewriting, having used mcrypt for almost ten years. Rewriting them by me is not possible and the same applies to apps using mysql_* functions. They will die when their time is due
But it works now, big thanks to you for maintaining the repos.