On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 04:40:27PM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote: > Package: ssh > Version: 3.8.1p1-3 > > Hello. I really wonder why the Debian package auf OpenSSH sets > SSHD_PAM_SERVICE: > > debian/rules: $(MAKE) -C build-deb -j 2 > ASKPASS_PROGRAM='/usr/bin/ssh-askpass' CFLAGS='$(OPTFLAGS) -g -Wall > -DLOGIN_PROGRAM=\"/bin/login\" -DLOGIN_NO_ENDOPT -DSSHD_PAM_SERVICE=\"ssh\" > -DSSH_VERSION="\"$(SSH_VERSION)\""' SSH_KEYSIGN='/usr/lib/ssh-keysign') > > I am not sure, but I would guess that I am not the only one liking the > default (!) behaviour of OpenSSH, which makes ssh chose the PAM > service name according to argv[0]. I mean, even if I am the only one: > why does the Debian package try to make packages less flexible than > and less consistent with the upstream version?
There was a good reason at the time, probably to do with the pain of moving conffiles. I'll try to fix it up at some point, but I suspect it's probably best left undisturbed now for sarge unless it turns out to be very easy. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
