Bug 461642

Summary:	sys-apps/shadow: pkg_preinst can't read /etc/pam.d/login
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Fabio Erculiani (RETIRED) <lxnay>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major	CC:	pam-bugs+disabled
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Fabio Erculiani (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-03-13 15:19:21 UTC

pkg_preinst() {
        [...]
        use pam && pam_epam_expand "${D}"/etc/pam.d/login
}

as per PMS specification, this is illegal. You cannot use ${D} in pkg_*, it breaks binpkgs.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Fabio Erculiani (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-03-13 15:34:39 UTC

Next time bump the ebuild revision, please!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 458548 ***

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2013-03-14 18:38:03 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)

your diagnosis is wrong.  $D is valid in pkg_preinst.