Ben Oliver via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2021-02-22 13:58:36, Anton Hvornum via arch-general wrote: > >That would answer my issue yesterday, but raises another question. > > > >What dictates if something is worthy of being put on the bulletin > >board on the main website? > > > >I added 2FA way back when to /etc/pam.d/system-login and that meant > >that pacman placed a .pacnew file alongside the modified system-login > >(as expected) on upgrade. > >But the notification about this got lost in the sea of packages which > >is on me of course. But seeing as this is a modification to a system > >critical file can (and did) cause a complete lockout of accounts on > >the machine due to `auth required` being the keywords put in place. > >I would have expected this to be on the bulletin board about possible > >manual intervention required. > > These days I don't pacman -Syu, I have a script that: > > - checks the news > - runs -Syu > - runs pacdiff > pacmatic, from community, addresses the first 2 points. And partially the third. I am not its author, or maintainer, or something. -- u34 > It's saved me a lot of hassle, but doesn't catch everything. > > For me, I would use an option that allowed pacman to 'pause' on messages (like > post install stuff) to give me time to read them.
