Package conflicts?? what should I do?

nc2000 · n00b Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 1

mybox ~ # emerge --update world
Calculating world dependencies ...done!

!!! Error: the sys-apps/pam-login package conflicts with another package.
!!! both can't be installed on the same system together.
!!! Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.

mybox ~ # emerge --pretend sys-apps/pam-login

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[blocks B ] sys-apps/pam-login (is blocking sys-apps/shadow-4.0.15-r2)
[blocks B ] >=sys-apps/shadow-4.0.14-r2 (is blocking sys-apps/pam-login-4.0.14)
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/shadow-4.0.15-r2 [4.0.7-r4]
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/pam-login-4.0.14 [3.17]

what should I do?
Please help me ~!
I am a newb for gentoo linux

lloyd_huang · n00b Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 3

remove sys-apps/pam-login and sys-apps/shadow
merage sys-apps/pam-login and sys-apps/shadow

#> emeage -C sys-apps/pam-login sys-apps/shadow
#> emeage sys-apps/pam-login sys-apps/shadow

I don't know that is good way or not, but I alway do that for fix this kind of problem. Maybe other seniors have better one.

alecools · n00b Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 1

pam-login and shadow blocks each other is no news

its from the good old days when shadow do not provide a valid /bin/login.
long story....

but shadow now has a valid /bin/login so i suggest just get rid of pam-login and stick with shadow since pam-login is really old now.

ps. i dont think the method upstairs would work, they block each other not just pam-login blocks shadow