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Bug#: 140451
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Assigned To: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system@gentoo.org>
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Reporter: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
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Description:   Opened: 2006-07-15 02:53 0000 
sys-apps/shadow-4.0.17 outputs the following error message before the
"Password:" prompt:
configuration error - unknown item 'GETPASS_ASTERISKS' (notify administrator)

GETPASS_ASTERISKS no longer appears in lib/getdef.c and should therefore be
removed from the default /etc/login.defs.

(Note that GETPASS_ASTERISKS appears in 4 places at least:
   ${S}/etc/login.defs
   ${FILESDIR}/etc/login.defs
   ${FILESDIR}/${PN}-4.0.13-login.defs.patch
and in an "sed" expression in the ebuild itself.)

In case "emerge --info" is needed, see bug #139966.

------- Comment #1 From Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-07-15 03:01:35 0000 ------- 
Nice, Bug 135987 is back, and this time it's broken even w/ USE="skey"...

------- Comment #2 From Ulrich Müller 2006-07-15 03:14:54 0000 ------- 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Nice, Bug 135987 is back, and this time it's broken even w/ USE="skey"...

From looking at the ebuild it might be okay without that USE flag (I didn't
verify this, though).

However, since libshadow_getpass was removed in -4.0.17, I believe
GETPASS_ASTERISKS can be completely eliminated now.

------- Comment #3 From SpanKY 2006-07-15 12:42:42 0000 ------- 
looks like another feature that hasnt been fully cleaned in 4.0.17

------- Comment #4 From SpanKY 2006-07-15 13:14:00 0000 ------- 
fixed with 4.0.17-r1

------- Comment #5 From josh yost 2006-11-30 10:42:51 0000 ------- 
this is still happening for me in sys-apps/shadow-4.0.18.1 on every login.

------- Comment #6 From josh yost 2006-11-30 10:55:45 0000 ------- 
if it helps, I upgraded from sys-apps/shadow-4.0.15-r2.  I don't see anything
in the current patch files to remove the GETPASS_ASTERISKS keyword from
/etc/login.defs
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