Package: cifs-utils
Version: 2:6.11-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Debian Samba Team,
#822841 - cifs-utils should suggests winbind instead of recommending it:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=822841
This was closed by "Move keyutils and winbind from Recommends to Suggests".
I believe that un-Recommending keyutils caused these bugs:
#801624 - cifs-utils: mounting Windows DFS shares fail
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=801624
#967972 - cifs-utils: fails to mount filesystem when keyutils is not installed
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=967972
linux/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/usage.rst says:
"To use cifs Kerberos and DFS support, the Linux keyutils
package should be installed"
Therefore, please move keyutils from Suggests back to Recommends.
Untested patch below.
Thank you!
Daniel Lewart
Urbana, Illinois
--- a/debian/control 2021-01-08 02:44:35.000000000 -0600
+++ b/debian/control 2021-04-13 00:00:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
Package: cifs-utils
Architecture: linux-any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, python3
+Recommends: keyutils
Replaces: smbfs (<< 2:4.0~rc1-1)
-Suggests: keyutils, smbclient, winbind, bash-completion
+Suggests: smbclient, winbind, bash-completion
Description: Common Internet File System utilities
The SMB/CIFS protocol provides support for cross-platform file sharing with
Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems.
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