Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> wrote: > Patrick Wiseman <pwise...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Don Armstrong <d...@debian.org> wrote: >>> On Fri, 15 May 2015, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
>>>> I just upgraded a server from Wheezy to Jessie, only to find that my >>>> authentication is broken because libapache2-mod-auth-mysql is not >>>> available in Jessie (it's in Squeeze, Wheezy and Sid). I tried to >>>> install the package from Sid, but dpkg complains that apache2.2-common >>>> is not installed, which is indeed the case, as it's no longer a part >>>> of the apache2 package apparently. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts on a fix? >>> >>> See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666826 for the >>> whole saga; basically, this means that someone needs to actually step in >>> and fix this module so that it can build with apache2.4 (and probably >>> help maintain it too.) >> So is that as totally irresponsible as it seems to me? I cannot be the >> only person using mysql authentication. As it happens, my institution >> is about to make me move to something else (ldap or openid) and so >> I'll do that by the time my students need access next Fall. But, if I >> may, really?? > It seems this module is dead upstream, given that the same version was > already included in Squeeze and only NMU'd to get into Wheezy. To be precise: the same (upstream) version was already included in Sarge, released 10 years ago. But since there is a generic solution available, one that is even included in apache2 proper, there is no need to yearn for a continuiton of development of mod-auth-mysql. On might even be so inclined to file a bug for complete removal from Debian. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cbk91kvqd...@mids.svenhartge.de
