Bug#726362: gnome-control-center: add libpam-cracklib as a dependency

[Michael Biebl]

Am 15.10.2013 00:11, schrieb Mathieu Louis:
> Package: gnome-control-center
> Version: 1:3.8.3-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> After creating a new user I was unable to write/generate a user password with
> 'gnome-control-center user-accounts' without libpam-cracklib.
> Writing any password is marked as insufficient and clicking on the gears in the
> text
> field in order to generate one makes gnome-control-center crash.
> After installing libpam-cracklib everything seems to work.
> 
> Find attached the log of gnome-control-center with libpam-cracklib not
> installed.
> 

gnome-control-center is the wrong package for this.

That said, libpwquality has a dependency on libcracklib which in turn
recommends cracklib-runtime.
My guess is you didn't install that recommends.
libpam-cracklib is not required.

I'm inclined to close this bug report.

(btw, there was no log attached)


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