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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Do not update your system on ~amd64
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:51:22
Message-Id: 3058125.aeNJFYEL58@peak
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Do not update your system on ~amd64 by Neil Bothwick
1 On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 09:29:39 BST Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:34:41 +0200, Andreas Fink wrote:
3 > > I've noticed a problem with the current PAM update to
4 > > sys-libs/pam-1.4.0.
5 > > The update adds passwdqc USE to sys-auth/pambase, which pulls in
6 > > sys-auth/passwdqc. However sys-auth/passwdqc fails to build on my
7 > > system, and leaves me with an installed sys-libs/pam-1.4.0 which is
8 > > broken and does not allow any new login.
9 > > The end result is that sys-libs/pam-1.4.0 was successfully merged but
10 > > sys-auth/pambase will not be merged, due to a build failure in passwdqc.
11 > > Disabling the USE flag passwdqc for pambase allows an update to pambase
12 > > too, and logins work again.
13 > > This is a warning to anyone out there who updates daily and runs an
14 > > ~amd64.
15 >
16 > Thanks for the heads up. To play safe, I emerge passwdqc before emerging
17 > @world. It actually emerge without complaint on the three systems I
18 > tried. I also made sure I could SSH in after updating PAM before
19 > terminating the existing session.
20
21 MAKEOPTS="-j1" emerge -1 passwdqc worked here. Sys-libs/pam had already
22 installed by the time passwdqc failed the first time. Sys-auth/pam is not in my
23 update list, but sys-auth/pambase is, and has installed without protest.
24
25 --
26 Regards,
27 Peter.

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Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Do not update your system on ~amd64 Andreas Fink <finkandreas@×××.de>