[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#673122: Bug#673122: libnss-winbind: missing Replaces

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:38:31AM +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> > (Also, I don't see why you didn't just make libpam-winbind depend on
> > libnss-winbind.  #646292 requests the ability to install the NSS modules
> > without the PAM modules, but not vice versa.  So why not just make the
> > PAM module package require the NSS module package, and then everything
> > would just work on upgrade and you wouldn't need the NEWS.Debian hack?)

> Well, how about Recommends?

> I suspect some people might find use cases for the PAM module without
> the NSS modules though none come actually to my mind.

I don't think we should cater to such use cases.  Indeed, I was unconvinced
that we should split the binary packages at all for this; but having done
so, I see no reason why we care about someone wanting libpam-winbind without
libnss-winbind.  If you're doing authentication via winbind, it's silly to
not also do the UID mapping part.

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