# Marco Scardovi <mscardovi@icloud.com> (2022-12-27) # It builds only with a really old version of libfprint # and has never been updated to new one. No revdeps, no real usage # Removal on 2023-01-26
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1b41ab00d818a1cbc4c11e9211007d9950595993 commit 1b41ab00d818a1cbc4c11e9211007d9950595993 Author: Marco Scardovi <mscardovi@icloud.com> AuthorDate: 2022-12-27 21:08:00 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-12-28 00:51:03 +0000 profiles: mask sys-auth/pam_fprint Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/888665 Signed-off-by: Marco Scardovi <mscardovi@icloud.com> Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=20833237009ba83e9be30e83e750158f3bcb8004 commit 20833237009ba83e9be30e83e750158f3bcb8004 Author: Jakov Smolić <jsmolic@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-01-27 11:05:20 +0000 Commit: Jakov Smolić <jsmolic@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-01-27 11:07:32 +0000 sys-auth/pam_fprint: treeclean Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/832003 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/719534 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/888665 Signed-off-by: Jakov Smolić <jsmolic@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ----- sys-auth/pam_fprint/Manifest | 1 - .../pam_fprint/files/pam_fprint-0.2-headers.patch | 12 ---------- sys-auth/pam_fprint/metadata.xml | 8 ------- sys-auth/pam_fprint/pam_fprint-0.2-r2.ebuild | 28 ---------------------- 5 files changed, 55 deletions(-)
Why is it marked as no real usage? it is needed to get fingerprint login on e.g. older ThinkPads. Are there alternative? I use this and most distributions point to pam_fprint too
