Hi, CC: Debian's package maintainer
Tony wrote: > I can see that the Debian libsasl2-2 package "recommends" > libsasl2-modules, but in default I use 'Apt::Install-Recommends > "false"' on the grounds that in general "true" drags down just too > much unwanted dead wood. I use that option too on APT systems, I expect that's quite common. The nmh package in Debian's Testing depends on 'libsasl2-2 >= 2.1.27+dfsg2'. https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/nmh The modules package's description says https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/libsasl2-modules This package provides the following SASL modules: LOGIN, PLAIN, ANONYMOUS, NTLM, CRAM-MD5, and DIGEST-MD5 (with DES support). Ken, Can nmh make any use of libsasl2-2 without libsasl2-modules also being installed? If not, then I wonder if nmh should depend on libsasl2-modules instead of, or as well as, libsasl2-2 as otherwise it's too easy for Debian users to have a needless installation of libsasl2-2 which also lures them into thinking all's well.. If libsasl2-2 is useful to nmh without libsasl2-modules then perhaps nmh's package description should mention the extra package which is required for authentication in this way. -- Cheers, Ralph.
