pam_ssh.so installed in wrong directory

Not long to go anymore until Oneiric will be released...

Here's the diff between the Ubuntu version and the original (working!) version from Debian:

diff -r libpam-ssh-1.92/debian/rules libpam-ssh-1.92-debian/debian/rules
54c54
< libtool --quiet --finish /usr/lib/
---
> libtool --quiet --finish $(destdir)/lib/security/

This ensures that pam_ssh.so is installed into the correct directory.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This affects me as well. I tried to find out why the change to the build file mentioned in comment #3 was made but all it said in the comment was "fixed FTBFS". I think what needs to be done is to decide wether pam_ssh.so actually should be in /usr/lib (which I doubt). If yes then at a symlink should be created at install time from /lib/security as mentioned in the description (thank you for the solution Dirk). If not the file (and probably pam_ssh.la as well) should move back to /lib/security. As it is right now the package is broken as it does not work.

The Ubuntu fix is wrong. /usr/lib is used because /lib/security didn't exists in the build environment (see aclocal.m4 line 63). Furthermore configure must fail if ISADIR is enabled in pam. Specifying "--with-pam-libdir" fixed it.

--- libpam-ssh-1.92/debian/rules 2011-08-20 16:51:26.000000001 +0200
+++ libpam-ssh-1.92.fix/debian/rules 2011-11-30 12:14:27.000000001 +0100
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
        --mandir=/usr/share/man \
        --infodir=/usr/share/info \
        --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+ --with-pam-dir=/lib/$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)/security \
        --build $(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
 ifneq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE), $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE))
        config_flags += --host $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@
        dh_testroot
        dh_prep
        $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(destdir)
- libtool --quiet --finish /usr/lib/
- rm -f $(destdir)/lib/security/pam_ssh.la
+ libtool --quiet --finish $(destdir)/lib/$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)/security
+ rm -f $(destdir)/lib/$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)/security/pam_ssh.la
        install -D -m 644 debian/pam-auth-update.silent-ssh-single-sign-on \
                 $(destdir)/usr/share/pam-configs/silent-ssh-single-sign-on
        touch $@

Meanwhile, the package seems to have been removed from Precise. Please re-add it, since it seems to be the only reliable way to start an ssh-agent at login time when user's home directories are in AFS.

The same in Quantal, please re-add the package

libpam-ssh is on its way back into raring now, thanks to its reintroduction into Debian unstable. I've checked that the new package (1.92-15) builds cleanly and has a sensible path for pam_ssh.so.