But wouldn't the fact that OpenPKG uses only static linking mean that you could 
happily uninstall the Kerberos package, and sasl would still continue to work, just 
with
some extra features enabled... 

Next time you compile sasl the features will be disabled if kerberos is not 
installed...

On Wednesday 18 February 2004 12:02, Michael van Elst wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 07:26:55AM +0200, Stephan Buys wrote:
> 
> > Also, the .spec file disables Kerberos support, even though the sasl, etc. packages
> > will "automatically" detect Kerberos and use it (which is usefull for sites who 
> > need
> > to deploy kerberos).
> 
> Automatic detection of Kerberos would create an 'implicit' dependency
> that is not reflected in the package database. That's why it is disabled.
> 
> If I remember correctly there were also some build problems that I
> didn't try to solve because of lack of a working Kerberos system.
> 
> Of course you may try and have success :)
> 
> Greetings,

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