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Re: SSH-RSH Conflict



* Walter D. Sessions (wds@bn319-1.ece.tntech.edu) [011113 09:38]:
> Can anyone enlighten me as to why openssh-2.9..(deb package) would have a conflict
> with (rsh-client << 0.16.0)? I can see that other packages might need rsh-client, but why
> would ssh not install unless rsh-client > 0.16? Isn't ssh a replacement for rsh-apps?

Precisely: ssh is a replacement. My guess would be that rsh-client
version 0.16.0 is the first to respect that ssh provides rsh by way of
the alternatives subsystem, but that's coming out of left field. I've
never installed the rsh-client package to look at its changelog =p

good times,
Vineet

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