[gentoo-user] pwdb, pam and safe to remove?

[gentoo-user] pwdb, pam and safe to remove?

[Dale]

Hi,

I run --depclean -p every once in a while just to clean out any cruft.  
This has me confused:

> >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
>
>  sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
>     selected: 2.6.23-r6
>    protected: none
>      omitted: 2.6.23-r3 2.6.23-r8
>
>  sys-libs/pwdb
>     selected: 0.62
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  dev-java/jakarta-regexp
>     selected: 1.3-r4
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
> >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
> >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.
>
> Packages installed:   855
> Packages in world:    298
> Packages in system:   52
> Unique package names: 855
> Required packages:    852
> Number to remove:     3
> root@smoker / # equery depends pwdb
> [ Searching for packages depending on pwdb... ]
> sys-libs/pam-0.99.9.0 (sys-libs/pwdb)
> root@smoker / # equery list pwdb
> [ Searching for package 'pwdb' in all categories among: ]
>  * installed packages
> [I--] [  ] sys-libs/pwdb-0.62 (0)
> root@smoker / # equery depends jakarta-regexp
> [ Searching for packages depending on jakarta-regexp... ]
> root@smoker / #  

I get the gentoo-sources, no big deal.  The java thing wouldn't exactly 
break my system either but the pwdb which pam depends on, well, wouldn't 
that be bad to remove?

What's the deal?  Remove it?  Remove it and death will be painful and 
slow?   o_O

Dale

:-)  :-) 
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Re: [gentoo-user] pwdb, pam and safe to remove?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Wednesday 27 February 2008, Dale wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I run --depclean -p every once in a while just to clean out any
> cruft.
>
> This has me confused:
> > >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
> >
> >  sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
> >     selected: 2.6.23-r6
> >    protected: none
> >      omitted: 2.6.23-r3 2.6.23-r8
> >
> >  sys-libs/pwdb
> >     selected: 0.62
> >    protected: none
> >      omitted: none
> >
> >  dev-java/jakarta-regexp
> >     selected: 1.3-r4
> >    protected: none
> >      omitted: none

> I get the gentoo-sources, no big deal.  The java thing wouldn't
> exactly break my system either but the pwdb which pam depends on,
> well, wouldn't that be bad to remove?
>
> What's the deal?  Remove it?  Remove it and death will be painful and
> slow?   o_O

It's safe to delete. The pam_pwdb module is not used any more. There's a 
nice bug message in the ebuild that describes it.

Did you follow the PAM Upgrade guide (URL in the ebuild) way back when? 
If so, just unmerge pwdb

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Re: [gentoo-user] pwdb, pam and safe to remove?

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 February 2008, Dale wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I run --depclean -p every once in a while just to clean out any
>> cruft.
>>
>> This has me confused:
>>     
>>>>>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
>>>>>>             
>>>  sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
>>>     selected: 2.6.23-r6
>>>    protected: none
>>>      omitted: 2.6.23-r3 2.6.23-r8
>>>
>>>  sys-libs/pwdb
>>>     selected: 0.62
>>>    protected: none
>>>      omitted: none
>>>
>>>  dev-java/jakarta-regexp
>>>     selected: 1.3-r4
>>>    protected: none
>>>      omitted: none
>>>       
>
>   
>> I get the gentoo-sources, no big deal.  The java thing wouldn't
>> exactly break my system either but the pwdb which pam depends on,
>> well, wouldn't that be bad to remove?
>>
>> What's the deal?  Remove it?  Remove it and death will be painful and
>> slow?   o_O
>>     
>
> It's safe to delete. The pam_pwdb module is not used any more. There's a 
> nice bug message in the ebuild that describes it.
>
> Did you follow the PAM Upgrade guide (URL in the ebuild) way back when? 
> If so, just unmerge pwdb
>
>   

I'm not 100% sure if I did or not on the upgrade guide.  I do update a 
couple times a week tho.  If it has been a while, I may not remember it 
if I did.  I do read the messages so if it was in there, I most likely did.

Would have been cute to remove it tho and not be able to log back in.  I 
learned the hard way to do a pretend first.  Sort of make sure it is 
going to still work after words. 

Thanks for the info.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Oh, still no DSL here.  They been working on the box tho.  Maybe soon.
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Re: [gentoo-user] pwdb, pam and safe to remove?

[Dirk Heinrichs]

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Am Mittwoch, 27. Februar 2008 schrieb ext Dale:

> I get the gentoo-sources, no big deal.  The java thing wouldn't exactly
> break my system either but the pwdb which pam depends on, well, wouldn't
> that be bad to remove?
>
> What's the deal?  Remove it?  Remove it and death will be painful and
> slow?   o_O

Make a backup of the package with quickpkg, remove it, change to a different 
virtual terminal and try to login as normal user. If it still works, 
everything is fine. If not reinstall the package and make sure it ends up 
in your world file.

HTH...

	Dirk
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