114690 2005-12-06 20:18 0000 cracklib dictionaries never regenerated 2008-10-12 09:06:29 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED P2 enhancement --- 1 phil@fifi.org base-system@gentoo.org esigra@gmail.com jakub@gentoo.org phil@fifi.org 2005-12-06 20:18:06 0000 The cracklib dictionnaries are never regenerated. For example, if cracklib-words is installed, the cracklib database never picks up the expanded word lists (/usr/share/dict/cracklib-words). I'd suggest running create-cracklib-dict in a cronjob. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: phil@fifi.org 2005-12-06 20:19:07 0000 Created an attachment (id=74202) Suggested /etc/cron.weekly/cracklib script. vapier@gentoo.org 2005-12-06 21:38:10 0000 (From update of attachment 74202) a cronjob is overkill for something that rarely gets updated phil@fifi.org 2005-12-06 21:49:57 0000 Then propose an other way to regenerate the cracklib database whenever a file is added to /usr/share/dict... vapier@gentoo.org 2006-12-29 18:21:20 0000 fixed in cracklib pkg_postinst() jakub@gentoo.org 2008-02-06 15:45:09 0000 This caused a nice borkage in Bug 195017, reopening. http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/sys-libs/cracklib/cracklib-2.8.9-r1.ebuild?hideattic=0&r1=1.11&r2=1.12 vapier@gentoo.org 2008-02-24 11:02:45 0000 sep issue 74202 2005-12-06 20:19 0000 Suggested /etc/cron.weekly/cracklib script. cracklib text/plain IyEvYmluL3NoCmlmICEgY3JlYXRlLWNyYWNrbGliLWRpY3QgL3Vzci9zaGFyZS9kaWN0LyogPiAv ZGV2L251bGwKdGhlbgogIGVjaG8gImNyYWNrbGliIGRpY3Rpb25uYXJ5IHJlZ2VuZXJhdGlvbiBm YWlsZWQhIgogIGV4aXQgMQpmaQo=