script: always ask a Fedora Kerberos ticket in mrel

Signed-off-by: Xavier Delaruelle <[email protected]>

Author: xdelaruelle

NEWS.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ Release notes
 This file describes changes in recent versions of Modules. It primarily
 documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 
+.. _5.7 release notes:
+
+Modules 5.7.0 (not yet released)
+--------------------------------
+
+* Script: improve :command:`mrel` to always ask a Fedora Kerberos ticket.
+
+
 .. _5.6 release notes:
 
 Modules 5.6.1 (2025-11-25)

script/mrel

@@ -153,11 +153,8 @@ if {![info exists env(MREL_FEDORA_USERNAME)]} {
 }
 set fedora_princ $env(MREL_FEDORA_USERNAME)@$fedora_realm
 reportInfo "Fedora principal set to '$fedora_princ'"
-if {[catch {exec klist} klist_out] || ![string match "*Default principal:\
-   $fedora_princ*" $klist_out]} {
-   reportInfo "Running command: kinit $fedora_princ"
-   exec >@stdout kinit $fedora_princ
-}
+reportInfo "Running command: kinit $fedora_princ"
+exec >@stdout kinit $fedora_princ
 reportInfo "Kerberos ticket to $fedora_realm realm acquired"
 
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