On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 10:11:06PM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > Debian Installer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > * Split the ssh binary package into openssh-client and openssh-server > > (closes: #39741). openssh-server depends on openssh-client for some > > common functionality; it didn't seem worth creating yet another package > > for this. openssh-client is priority standard, openssh-server optional. > > Cool! I hope this is an unversioned dependency so that other packages > can satisfy it via Provides:, allowing for "mix-and-match" setups.
Actually, at the moment openssh-server depends on an exact version of openssh-client. I think I'd have to create a -common package in order to be able to deal with your situation. Thanks for the use case, as it wasn't one I'd considered. > If not, no big deal, though; I understand that most people's needs are > much simpler, and that the main point of this change is allowing > systems that don't need the server to dispense with it entirely. Indeed. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
