Bug#359335: ssh/openssh-server dependency problems prevent installation

[Ross Boylan <ross@biostat.ucsf.edu>]

Package: ssh
Version: 1:4.2p1-7
Severity: normal

Since this renders the package uninstallable, and may have broken my
previously working sshd, this may warrant higher severity.  However, I
don't see other reports of this, so it may be some local peculiarity.

On the last dist-upgrade I get this:

Setting up openssh-client (4.2p1-7) ...

Setting up openssh-server (4.2p1-7) ...
Restarting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshdinvoke-rc.d: initscript ssh, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing openssh-server (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

# at the end
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ssh:
 ssh depends on openssh-server; however:
  Package openssh-server is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ssh (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 openssh-server
 ssh
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


I tried again, but got the same errors.

I though perhaps removing ssh would help, but lam-runtime depends on
it.

This was intended to be a report against the source package; I'm not
sure if things worked out that way.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (40, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages ssh depends on:
ii  openssh-client                1:4.2p1-7  Secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
pn  openssh-server                <none>     (no description available)

ssh recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  ssh/insecure_rshd:
  ssh/privsep_ask: true
  ssh/user_environment_tell:
* ssh/forward_warning:
  ssh/insecure_telnetd:
  ssh/new_config: true
* ssh/use_old_init_script: true
* ssh/SUID_client: true
  ssh/disable_cr_auth: false
* ssh/privsep_tell:
  ssh/ssh2_keys_merged:
* ssh/protocol2_only: true
  ssh/encrypted_host_key_but_no_keygen:
* ssh/run_sshd: true