Bug#504290: openssh-server: The sftp binary should have its own package
Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:5.1p1-3
Severity: wishlist
As the subject says, the /usr/lib/sftp-server binary should be moved to
a separate package. The reason for it is that it is very useful in
conjunction with other ssh servers such as dropbear.
When I tried to install "openssh-server" in order to get the sftp-server
(a 50kB binary), apt-get told me:
The following extra packages will be installed:
libwrap0 openssh-blacklist openssh-client
Suggested packages:
ssh-askpass libpam-ssh keychain rssh molly-guard
Recommended packages:
tcpd xauth openssh-blacklist-extra
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libwrap0 openssh-blacklist openssh-client openssh-server
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3296kB of archives.
After this operation, 7062kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
7MB is a lot of overhead for a measly 50kB binary ;-(
Stefan
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.22 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.14.22 Debian package management system
ii libc6 2.7-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcomerr2 1.41.2-1 common error description library
ii libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libpam-modules 1.0.1-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 1.0.1-4 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 2.0.65-5 SELinux shared libraries
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-13 SSL shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-16 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii openssh-blacklist 0.4.1 list of default blacklisted OpenSS
ii openssh-client 1:5.1p1-3 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages openssh-server recommends:
pn openssh-blacklist-extra <none> (no description available)
ii xauth 1:1.0.3-2 X authentication utility
Versions of packages openssh-server suggests:
pn molly-guard <none> (no description available)
pn rssh <none> (no description available)
ii ssh-askpass 1:1.2.4.1-7 under X, asks user for a passphras
-- debconf information excluded
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