openssh bugs - Dec 2017 - [Bug 2807] New: On man page state clearly -o "option value" not just -o option

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2807

            Bug ID: 2807
           Summary: On man page state clearly -o "option value" not
just
                    -o option
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 7.6p1
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
          Reporter: jidanni at jidanni.org

In ssh the man page SYNOPSIS and at

-o option

say instead

-o "option value"

else the user figuring this out depends on the user finding its single
occurance in the "Finally the client connects" example. Nor will the
ssh_config man page help him here.

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--- Comment #1 from Dan Jacobson <jidanni at jidanni.org> ---
Today through trial and error I found that one can also use "="
instead
of space as a separator.

Please be sure this is documented clearly on the ssh(1) manpage.

It is a lifesaver when one needs to do e.g.,
command="ssh -o ExitOnForwardFailure=yes -f m.example.org -L
10143:m.example.org:143 -N"; $command

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |djm at mindrot.org
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #2 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
The description for -o says;

Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration
file

IMO this is sufficient, and synopsis isn't typically used for
dissecting the format of arguments.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #3 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
closing resolved bugs as of 8.6p1 release

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