Drop IDEA key check; I don't think it works properly any more due to

textual changes in error output, it's only relevant for direct upgrades
from truly ancient versions, and it breaks upgrades if
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key can't be loaded (closes: #579570).

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/debian/openssh-server.postinst b/debian/openssh-server.postinst
index d415f3f0d..325af4ef4 100644
--- a/debian/openssh-server.postinst
+++ b/debian/openssh-server.postinst
@@ -22,20 +22,6 @@ fix_doc_symlink() {
         fi
 }
 
-check_idea_key() {
-        # check for old host_key files using IDEA, which openssh does not
-        # support
-        if [ -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key ] ; then
-                cp -a /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.check_idea
-                if ssh-keygen -p -N '' -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.check_idea 2>&1 | \
-                                grep -q 'unknown cipher' 2>/dev/null; then
-                        mv /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.old
-                        mv /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub.old
-                fi
-                rm -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.check_idea
-        fi
-}
-
 
 get_config_option() {
         option="$1"
@@ -465,7 +451,6 @@ commit_mv_conffile () {
 
 fix_doc_symlink
 create_sshdconfig
-check_idea_key
 create_keys
 vulnerable_host_keys
 fix_statoverride