ssh-krb5 will not install on Ubuntu due to malformed dependancies?

Since ssh-krb5 (universe) would replace ssh-client and ssh-server (main), there is nothing we can do.

Ok, how is this something that can't be handled? It seems like these
are being blocked by Ubuntu specific or 'updated' packages...

I'd love to be able to keep an Kerberos 5 authenticated version of SSH
possible and still be able to keep my ssh packages up to date but this
is going to make it so I have to update via the old way.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ante Karamatic via Malone [mailto:<email address hidden>]
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 3:09 PM
To: Chris Bartell
Subject: [Bug 612] ssh-krb5 will not install on Ubuntu due to
malformeddependancies?

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/612

Comment:
Since ssh-krb5 (universe) would replace ssh-client and ssh-server
(main), there
is nothing we can do.

ssh-krb5 isn't quite stable yet to replace nonkrb5 ssh. This issue will be worked out in after-breezy release.

I could provide you solution for this, but this will not be "fixed" in Breezy.

Eh, it is rather the other way around. In 1.4.2 openssh has working GSSAPI support and thus ssh-krb5 should probably get dropped sooner or later.

Debian has turned on GSSAPI in its openssh packages (in unstable) and that will probably happen in Ubuntu too after Breezy is released.

Indeed; it was far too late for Breezy, but we'll have this change in Dapper. I've been talking to the ssh-krb5 maintainers in Debian and I think they'll be happy to remove ssh-krb5 once the main openssh packages are proven to work well for Kerberos users.

(Feel free to assign this bug to me if you want me to coordinate this in Dapper.)

Colin,

 Thank you, and thanks to the other replies earlier. :) When
will Dapper get released? Or any versions that have the Kerberos
portions enabled... because I'll definitely test them out and see if
they work at least in my circumstance. :)

Chris Bartell
Network Engineer
Verio, An NTT Communications Company

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of
Colin Watson
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:17 PM
To: Chris Bartell
Subject: [Bug 612] ssh-krb5 will not install on Ubuntu due to
malformeddependancies?

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/612

Comment:
Indeed; it was far too late for Breezy, but we'll have this change in
Dapper.
I've been talking to the ssh-krb5 maintainers in Debian and I think
they'll be
happy to remove ssh-krb5 once the main openssh packages are proven to
work well
for Kerberos users.

(Feel free to assign this bug to me if you want me to coordinate this in
Dapper.)

Dapper will be released in April 2006. A version of openssh with Kerberos support is in the development branch now; testing is welcome.

ssh-krb5 is still in dapper, and probably cannot be removed from there, but how about edgy?

replying to myself: debian will remove openssh-krb5 as soon as there is a good transitional package, the same applies to Ubuntu obviously.

This has been fixed, woohoo! Relevant part of the changelog:

openssh (1:4.3p2-7) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Russ Allbery ]
  * Create transitional ssh-krb5 package which enables GSSAPI configuration
    in sshd_config (closes: #390986).