Bug#1005821: please stop depending on bind9-host
control: retitle -1 Make krb5-config recommends control: reassign -1 krb5-user > "Michael" == Michael Tokarev writes: Michael> Um. I misfiled this bugreport actually. I started writing Michael> it against krb5-user and realized the bind9-host dependency Michael> comes from krb5-config not krb5-user. Michael> And I think it is better to make krb5-CONFIG optional, not Michael> krb5-USER. Ie, for krb5-user, denote krb5-config from Michael> Depends to Recommends. Since actually, the only reason Michael> krb5-config package is needed for krb5-user (and other krb5 Michael> stuff actually) is to *create* the initial configuration, Michael> it does not need krb5-config package for runtime Michael> operations, ie. krb5-config can be removed after Michael> installation. I agree with this analysis and will implement the change in a future krb5 upload. I wish I had looked at this bug in general before the krb5 upload I made Friday. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1005821: please stop depending on bind9-host
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
Bug#1005821: please stop depending on bind9-host
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. Please denote bind9-host from Depends to Recommends. This will continue to install bind9-host for regular setups, and will allow avoiding this dependency at runtime when this is definitely not necessary. And while at it, verify that the postinst script works without host utility. Bind9-host pulls in a bunch of other libraries with frequent security updates, and making it a requiriment just for initial configuration is definitely an overkill. Especially since many times the configuration is made manually anyway. We had to create bind9-host-dummy package just to stop this annoyance. See also #855593 which is open since 2017.. Thanks, /mjt
