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gava

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Registered: 2014-02-26

Posts: 14

util-linux/coreutils/pam/shadow dependency cycle

Just installed a system from scratch and noticed that pacman issued these warnings/error:

$ pacstrap -c "$MOUNTDIR" base syslinux mkinitcpio-nfs-utils openssh
<snip>
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: util-linux will be installed before its coreutils dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: util-linux will be installed before its pam dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: shadow will be installed before its pam dependency
<snip>
( 15/118) installing util-linux                          [##############################] 100%
/tmp/alpm_j2DYYD/.INSTALL: line 6: install: command not found
error: command failed to execute correctly
<snip>

I don't believe those errors were there on Friday (last install I did) and since there was an upgrade figured I should ask.
Is this a bug or did I screw something up? I'm still configuring the system so I'm not sure if this has broken anything (but I'm pretty confident this is an issue).

gava

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Registered: 2014-02-26

Posts: 14

Re: util-linux/coreutils/pam/shadow dependency cycle

Well, apparently its this bug.
Only its no longer on testing but stable.