Bug#261363: ssh package sets pam service name

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

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,

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]