250500 – sys-libs/cracklib: installs dictionary in /usr

Bug 250500 - sys-libs/cracklib: installs dictionary in /usr

Summary: sys-libs/cracklib: installs dictionary in /usr

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Blocks:	398051
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Reported:	2008-12-10 10:16 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified:	2017-08-15 08:45 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2008-12-10 10:16:18 UTC

In single user mode (/usr partition not mounted):

# passwd
Changing password for root
Enter the new password (minimum of 5, maximum of 127 characters)
Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers.
New password: 
/usr/lib64/cracklib_dict.pwd: No such file or directory
PWOpen: Illegal seek
# 

Since cracklib is a reverse dependency of shadow (with USE=cracklib), the dictionary should be available in /lib*.

Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2008-12-10 20:14:30 UTC

> cracklib is a reverse dependency of shadow (with USE=cracklib)

s/reverse //

Comment 2 Tomáš Chvátal (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-12-02 13:16:36 UTC

Confirm. This bug can be quite PITA. Could we make it happen in main tree?

Comment 3 Michał Górny archtester

2017-08-12 17:49:20 UTC

Also, it really belongs in /var.

Comment 4 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2017-08-15 08:45:11 UTC

(In reply to Michał Górny from comment #3)
> Also, it really belongs in /var.

Which may not be mounted either at that point.

Anyway, current sys-apps/shadow-4.5 fails gracefully when it doesn't find the file, so the issue is no longer a showstopper:

   # passwd
   New password: 
   /usr/lib/cracklib_dict.pwd.gz: No such file or directory
   BAD PASSWORD: error loading dictionary
   Retype new password: 
   passwd: password updated successfully
   #

Closing.