15.02.2022 19:32, Michael Tokarev wrote:
Package: krb5-config
Version: 1.18.3-6+deb11u1
Severity: normal
Package krb5-user depends on bind9-host, and depends this ONLY to create
the initial template/configuration if it does not exist already. This
package is not needed for regular operations, only for postinst script,
and even there, as it seems (I'm not 100% sure), it is optional.
Um. I misfiled this bugreport actually. I started writing it against krb5-user
and realized the bind9-host dependency comes from krb5-config not krb5-user.
And I think it is better to make krb5-CONFIG optional, not krb5-USER.
Ie, for krb5-user, denote krb5-config from Depends to Recommends.
Since actually, the only reason krb5-config package is needed for krb5-user
(and other krb5 stuff actually) is to *create* the initial configuration,
it does not need krb5-config package for runtime operations, ie. krb5-config
can be removed after installation.
Thanks,
/mjt
