[arch-general] pam upgrade and systemd

[Alad Wenter]

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.

> --byte

You're right; I've read the error message wrong. Sorry for the noise.

Alad