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On Sun, 2011-11-06 at 11:31 -0800, Scott Garman wrote:
> Fix bug where only packages named PN included base-passwd in
> RDEPENDS. Also remove shadow requirement, since some targets
> do not use shadow and file ownership can be changed with only
> passwd/group entries.
> 
> This fixes [YOCTO #1727]

Don't you need shadow or some equivalent to provide /sbin/useradd so
that the postinsts work for on-target installs?  Removing shadow from
RDEPENDS does sound like a good plan for the no-package-management case,
but I'm not sure it's safe otherwise.

p.