On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:35:35 +0200, Jarry wrote:

> emerge --pretend --update --deep --newuse world
> [blocks B ] sys-apps/utempter (is blocking sys-libs/libutempter-1.1.2.1)
> [blocks B ] sys-apps/pam-login (is blocking sys-apps/shadow-4.0.15-r2)
> [ebuild N ] sys-libs/libutempter-1.1.2.1
> [ebuild U ] x11-terms/xterm-212-r3 [207]
> [ebuild U ] sys-apps/shadow-4.0.15-r2 [4.0.14-r1]
> 
> What is the proper way of dealing with it?

This has already been discussed several times in the past week or so.

> Should I simply unmerge
> (-C) utempter and pam-login?

Yes.

> Is it not dangerous? I do not know what
> utempter is good for, but if I unmerge pam-login and then from some
> reason I will not succeed in updating shadow, I will not be able
> to log in at all...

In the unlikely event that were to happen, simply re-emerge pam-login.
If you don't have the blocking shadow, it won't complain.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

WinErr 005: Multitasking attempted - System confused

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