Re: [PULL] su

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Karel Zak wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 02:58:01PM +0200, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
>> coreutils isn't really interested in maintaining su anymore.
>> Distributions have to add custom patches to fix bugs and add
>> features. The worst offender is probably the pam patch. Fortunately
>> we managed to sync the patch between openSUSE and Fedora meanwhile.
>> Over time the risk that the patches divert again increases though.
>> Since util-linux now contains a common login program it looks like a
>> good new home for su too.
> [...]
>  It would be nice to cleanup the code (remove non-PAM stuff) before
>  merge. Can you do this in your su branch? Please.

Done.

cu
Ludwig

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