пн, 21 окт. 2024 г. в 14:38, Michael <confabul...@kintzios.com>:
>
> On Monday 21 October 2024 12:07:47 BST gevisz wrote:
> > I skipped updating my profile from 17 to 23 in the beginning of June 2024
> > and are now installing Gentoo anew. I have disabled pam use flag globally
> > and now portage complains that for the package linux-utils "the following
> > REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: su? ( pam )"
> >
> > I have tried and found out that that package will compile if I also disable
> > the su user flag. However, I do not understand the consequences.
> > The explanation of the su user flag says that with +su user flag
> > linux-utis will be compiled into "the su program"
> >
> > Can somebody explain to me what it means?
> >
> > Thank you.
>
> The su command (Substitute User) can be built either by emerging the sys-apps/
> util-linux package with USE="su", or by emerging the sys-apps/shadow package
> similarly.  The wiki states "Avoid installing both these commands
> simultaneously":
>
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Su

Thank you for the explanation. I've got it.

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