Bug#39741: openssh_3.8.1p1-9_powerpc.changes is NEW

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 10:11:06PM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> Debian Installer <installer@ftp-master.debian.org> 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,

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]