Bug#683226: mpich2: Segfaults if ssh is not available

[Michael Banck]

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:06:21AM -0500, Pavan Balaji wrote:
> Thanks for the bug report, Michael.  This was already fixed in the
> MPICH2 trunk, but perhaps after 1.4.1p1 was released.  In any case,
> it should appear in the next release -- mpich2-1.5.

Indeed, but as Debian is frozen I think applying this patch to 1.4.1 and
asking for an unblock by the release team is warranted.

The alternative would be to add openssh-client to mpich2's Depends (and
similarily ask for a freeze exception).

Also, I wonder whether this bug should be release critical as it pretty
much renders mpich2 useless unless an additional undeclared package
(openssh-client) is installed.


Michael