[krbdev.mit.edu #9203] 1.21.3 release contains incorrect version information

[Shaun Walbridge via RT]

Wed Apr 01 18:47:10 2026: Request 9203 was acted upon.
 Transaction: Ticket created by SWalbridge at esri.com
       Queue: krb5
     Subject: 1.21.3 release contains incorrect version information
       Owner: Nobody
  Requestors: SWalbridge at esri.com
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: https://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=9203 >


The builds hosted both at:

  *
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/archive/krb5-1.21.3-final.tar.gz
  *
https://kerberos.org/dist/krb5/1.21/krb5-1.21.tar.gz


contain incorrect version information for the Windows builds. The src/windows/kerberos.ver files in this build contains:

#define KRB5_MAJOR_RELEASE 4
#define KRB5_MINOR_RELEASE 3
#define KRB5_PATCHLEVEL 0
#define KRB5_RELTAIL “beta1"

However, the more recent 1.22 releases and the development version of the codebase retain KRB5_MINOR_RELEASE 1.  This means that in a Windows context, an installer will refuse to upgrade between the 1.21.3 release and 1.22 because it would downgrade the versions listed which violates the monotonic version expectations.

Locally, we are patching this so that we can continue distributing krb5, but would appreciate if this was considered as a core krb5 package issue.

Thanks for your time,
Shaun Walbridge