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

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


martin f. krafft <bugzilla.mindrot.org at pobox.madduck.net> changed:

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--- Comment #14 from martin f. krafft <bugzilla.mindrot.org at
pobox.madduck.net>  2008-05-15 20:31:20 ---
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

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





--- Comment #15 from martin f. krafft <bugzilla.mindrot.org at
pobox.madduck.net>  2008-05-15 20:33:53 ---
bugzilla cropped my comment. It ended with

IfVersionAtLeast 4.3
  NewOption yes
EndIf

That is all. :)

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