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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update: utempter/pam-login is blocking...
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:44:56
Message-Id: 20060615153057.79b9410f@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge --update: utempter/pam-login is blocking... by Jarry
1 On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:35:35 +0200, Jarry wrote:
2
3 > emerge --pretend --update --deep --newuse world
4 > [blocks B ] sys-apps/utempter (is blocking sys-libs/libutempter-1.1.2.1)
5 > [blocks B ] sys-apps/pam-login (is blocking sys-apps/shadow-4.0.15-r2)
6 > [ebuild N ] sys-libs/libutempter-1.1.2.1
7 > [ebuild U ] x11-terms/xterm-212-r3 [207]
8 > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/shadow-4.0.15-r2 [4.0.14-r1]
9 >
10 > What is the proper way of dealing with it?
11
12 This has already been discussed several times in the past week or so.
13
14 > Should I simply unmerge
15 > (-C) utempter and pam-login?
16
17 Yes.
18
19 > Is it not dangerous? I do not know what
20 > utempter is good for, but if I unmerge pam-login and then from some
21 > reason I will not succeed in updating shadow, I will not be able
22 > to log in at all...
23
24 In the unlikely event that were to happen, simply re-emerge pam-login.
25 If you don't have the blocking shadow, it won't complain.
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28 --
29 Neil Bothwick
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31 WinErr 005: Multitasking attempted - System confused

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