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Details of sys-apps/shadow:

Description: Utilities to deal with user accounts
Homepage: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow

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releases	alpha	amd64	arm	hppa	ia64	mips	ppc	ppc64	ppc macos	s390	sh	sparc	x86	USE-Flags	dependencies	ebuild warnings
shadow-4.19.3	~	~	~	~	-	~	~	~	-	~	-	~	~	acl audit nls pam selinux skey split-usr su systemd test xattr	show	Running 'pwck' returned errors. Please run it manually to fix any errors. Running 'grpck' returned errors. Please run it by hand, and then run 'grpconv' afterwards! show
shadow-4.19.2	~	~	~	~	-	~	~	~	-	~	-	~	~	acl audit nls pam selinux skey split-usr su systemd test xattr	show	Running 'pwck' returned errors. Please run it manually to fix any errors. Running 'grpck' returned errors. Please run it by hand, and then run 'grpconv' afterwards! show
shadow-4.14.8-r2	~	~	~	~	-	~	~	~	-	~	-	~	~	acl audit cracklib nls pam selinux skey split-usr su systemd xattr	show	Running 'pwck' returned errors. Please run it manually to fix any errors. Running 'grpck' returned errors. Please run it by hand, and then run 'grpconv' afterwards! show
shadow-4.14.8-r1	~	+	+	~	-	~	+	+	-	~	-	~	+	acl audit cracklib nls pam selinux skey split-usr su systemd xattr	show	Running 'pwck' returned errors. Please run it manually to fix any errors. Running 'grpck' returned errors. Please run it by hand, and then run 'grpconv' afterwards! show
shadow-4.14.8	~	+	+	~	-	~	+	+	-	~	-	~	+	acl audit cracklib nls pam selinux skey split-usr su systemd xattr	show	Running 'pwck' returned errors. Please run it manually to fix any errors. Running 'grpck' returned errors. Please run it by hand, and then run 'grpconv' afterwards! show

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