Sat, 23 May 2015 13:39:00 +0200
This isn't about downgrading or rebuilding, but rather about sub-par information. If you're upgrading a bunch of packages (your usual -Syu) with 'pam' being one of many and it's not echoing any hint or warning about a soname change, well, duh. PAM is such an essential library that I wouldn't bother with identifying which services and programs need to be reloaded, but rather simply reboot. I overlooked it too, until I discovered I couldn't unlock xscreensaver.
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You're right; I've read the error message wrong. Sorry for the noise. Alad
