[Bug 339815] [NEW] SRU: Alpine on Hardy fails to build with GSSAPI support

[Evan Broder]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: alpine

Due to a broken autoconfiguration, version 1.0 (specifically,
1.0+dfsg-3) of alpine fails to build with support for GSSAPI.

This was fixed in the 1.10 release of alpine, which has since been
superseded by version 2.0 in Intrepid and later.

The patch is minimal, and only affects configure.ac. It changes the
GSSAPI detection to...well...actually do something.

Reproducing this bug requires access to a krb5-capable mail server, and
valid Kerberos tickets. Using the version in Hardy, configure alpine to
use that krb5-capable server (in my case, I set the "Inbox path" field
to "{po15.mail.mit.edu/user=broder/ssl/novalidate-cert}inbox" in the
settings). Observe that attempting to connect to the server prompts you
for your password.

I have tested that the attached patch builds, installs, and fixes the
bug on my amd64 system.

I don't believe that the likelihood of regression is very high. Enabling
GSSAPI simply adds another SASL mechanism to numerous mechanisms that
were already available; it doesn't enable drastically different code
paths.

** Affects: alpine (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: patch

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SRU: Alpine on Hardy fails to build with GSSAPI support
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339815
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