Re: libpam, cracklib, and slink (was Re: Release-critical...)
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 09:46:21AM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen wrote:
> > > I think that there should be a release critical bug here, but I think it
> > > should be #30862: libpam0g depends on cracklib2.
> >
> > Yup. I've looked at it again, and the dependency is superflous. (I modified
> > PAM to link it's .so's to all the libraries they need, and -lcracklib
> > slipped in there because I originally looked at enabling cracklib support).
> >
> > I'm now preparing an upload that'll mark PAM as orphaned.
>
> Ack! We need pam to be maintained if we want to enable it's use in
> potato. I'll take it, if no one intends on doing so themselves.
Another Ack! I'd like to see cracklib support enabled in PAM. Can we
coordinate uploads here? I plan on a new upload of cracklib this
weekend which will close all existing bug reports.
--
Jean Pierre
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