On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 09:21:38PM +0200, Gábor Gombás wrote:
If openssh-server is purged after openssh-server-gssapi is installed, the postrm script unconditionally removes configuration which it thinks still belongs to openssh-server, while in fact, openssh-server-gssapi has become the owner of that configuration. The deleted files involve the host keys, sshd_config, and systemd unit activation, rendering the SSH service unusable. openssh-client/openssh-client-gssapi has a similar problem, although it is less severe.
Tricky. I'm quite busy right now but will look as soon as I can.
IMHO the best way to solve this issue would be introducing openssh-client-common and openssh-server-common packages, and moving all the common configurationt to those packages.
This won't be enough, because at least the default sshd_config is slightly different between the two flavours. So we'll have to have some other strategy anyway, at which point it may not be worth introducing even more packages ...
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