I am impressed by all the paths that Configure lets me set for Openssh.
I don't think I've ever seen an Autoconf package give me so much
flexibility. But I found one missing.
Makefile.in has SSH_PROGRAM hardcoded as @BINDIR@/ssh. It would be nice
if I could specify the whole value as a Configure parameter. Being able
to override it with an environment variable would be even nicer. I don't
like to build paths into binaries -- it makes them less portable.
In fact, in my make file, I set SSH_PROGRAM to "ssh" (note no absolute
path) just for that reason. Ssh may live in different places in
different environments, but in any environment where I use these
programs, PATH tells where the user wants it to be found.
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Bryan Henderson Phone 408-621-2000
San Jose, California
