[Bug 965662] Re: pam-auth-update conflict resolution shouldn't warn

2014-02-24 Thread James Hewitt
In my use case, I need to override the pam config of another package. It would be useful to instead of just saying "conflicts" saying "replaces", and then not having it warn. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bug

Re: [Bug 965662] Re: pam-auth-update conflict resolution shouldn't warn

2012-03-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 09:40:47PM -, Ray Link wrote: > Then why does pam-auth-update deactivate only the lower priority module > when a Conflict: is found? Because in a corner case when using the noninteractive frontend, deactivating both could mean there are no modules enabled, resulting in

[Bug 965662] Re: pam-auth-update conflict resolution shouldn't warn

2012-03-26 Thread Ray Link
Then why does pam-auth-update deactivate only the lower priority module when a Conflict: is found? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/965662 Title: pam-auth-update conflict resolution sho

Re: [Bug 965662] Re: pam-auth-update conflict resolution shouldn't warn

2012-03-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 08:59:44PM -, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote: > As documented, the resolution mechanism compares priorities on the > affected modules to determine which one to use in case of a conflict. > That's what guarantees the result is what you want, or at least what the > package mainta

[Bug 965662] Re: pam-auth-update conflict resolution shouldn't warn

2012-03-26 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
"need" is an awfully strong word. As documented, the resolution mechanism compares priorities on the affected modules to determine which one to use in case of a conflict. That's what guarantees the result is what you want, or at least what the package maintainers wanted the default behavior to be

[Bug 965662] Re: pam-auth-update conflict resolution shouldn't warn

2012-03-26 Thread Steve Langasek
This is entirely by design. The pop-up is informing the user that there was a conflict and that *they need to review the list of selected modules*, because there's nothing about the resolution mechanism that guarantees the result is what you want. The only reason the resolution mechanism exists a