On 03/03/2010, fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Now there is one remaining question: may I assume > that when shadow is updated in [core] the groupmod > bug will be fixed (it effectively renders groupmod > useless) ? > > I see three possibles outcomes: > > * Yes. > * Depends on the maintainer of that package. > * Depends on upstream having fixed it. Depends on upstream having fixed it, if it's entirely an upstream bug. Else, depending on the maintainer, if it's trivial and urgent, yes. I know, it's a nice answer =p > The practical question behind this is if course > if I should configure pacman to ignore shadow > updates until further notice. You could, to stay safe. -- GPG/PGP ID: B42DDCAD