maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 272649] x11/sddm: following the upgrade to 0.20.0, Plasma (X11) no longer starts – /usr/local/etc/pam.d/sddm-autologin – auth required pam_env.so

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Bug 272649: x11/sddm: following the upgrade to 0.20.0, Plasma (X11) no longer
starts – /usr/local/etc/pam.d/sddm-autologin – auth required pam_env.so
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=272649



--- Description ---
Symptoms comparable to bug 271630 comment 0, 

> … black screen with a cursor … 

I struggled to remember where I had seen a workaround. 

Eventually, I realised that symptoms here were slightly different – blank
screens, no cursor – then I found post-closure bug 272297 comment 3, in
particular: 

> … don't have pam_env.so …

After commenting out a line, normal service resumed with SDDM. Notes attached.