openssh bugs - Oct 2008 - [Bug 866] ssh(1) is too picky about unknown options in ~/.ssh/config

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=866





--- Comment #16 from Josh Triplett <josh at freedesktop.org>  2008-10-02
05:11:06 ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> zsh has a syntax which allows me to use a conditional on the version,
> e.g.
> 
> if is-at-least 4.3.5; then
>   do this
> fi
> 
> Maybe openssh-client could get that too?& I do prefer the "duck
typing"
> approach of checking for options directly, but I also see the security
> problems. So instead, assuming an option appeared in 4.3, why not let
> the user say so
In general I find feature testing superior to version testing, but this
solution would also prove sufficient.

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