I've been working on a package for openssh to include in the NetBSD package system (similar to the FreeBSD ports system). I'm being hindered in this by the fact that updates to these packages can be extremely slow (2-3 days minimum, more like 2 weeks including testing), too slow to compensate for the fact that the tarfiles for back-level versions of openssh-1.2pre* are going away. Given that Linux and NetBSD (among others) are stable, might it be possible to either have the next release stick around until 1.2.1 goes gold, or (even better) a bug-patch-only 1.2.1 branch be forked off before more enhancements start entering the tree? Thanks, David -- David W. Rankin, Jr. Husband, Father, and UNIX Sysadmin. Email: drankin at bohemians.lexington.ky.us Address/Phone Number: Ask me. "It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare accomplishment." St. Bernard
Seems there might be a bug in the patch. I believe the first #endif below should actually be an #else +#ifdef HAVE_HOST_IN_UTMP if (bufsize > sizeof(wt.ut_host) + 1) bufsize = sizeof(wt.ut_host) + 1; strncpy(buf, wt.ut_host, bufsize - 1); buf[bufsize - 1] = 0; +#endif /* HAVE_HOST_IN_UTMP */ + buf[0] = 0; +#endif /* HAVE_HOST_IN_UTMP */ Also, on Solaris 2.6 it seems you must specify --with-utmpx on your ./configure command or the program will fail to compile in bsd-login.c due to ut_host not being defined. I don't know if this is a bug or an oversight on my part. ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->---<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-< James Thompson 138 Cardwell Hall Manhattan, Ks 66506 785-532-0561 Kansas State University Department of Mathematics ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->---<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, David Rankin wrote:> I've been working on a package for openssh to include in the NetBSD > package system (similar to the FreeBSD ports system). I'm being > hindered in this by the fact that updates to these packages can > be extremely slow (2-3 days minimum, more like 2 weeks including > testing), too slow to compensate for the fact that the tarfiles for > back-level versions of openssh-1.2pre* are going away.What do you mean? All the old tar files are still around, you should be able to get them from: http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/files/old/ or a mirror.> Given that Linux and NetBSD (among others) are stable, might it be > possible to either have the next release stick around until 1.2.1 > goes gold, or (even better) a bug-patch-only 1.2.1 branch be forked > off before more enhancements start entering the tree?I hope to have a stable release before the end of the year for NetBSD, Linux, Solaris and hopefully HPUX. Since I am on holidays now, I have a bit more time to work on OpenSSH (modulo xmas and new years). Regards, Damien Miller - -- | "Bombay is 250ms from New York in the new world order" - Alan Cox | Damien Miller - http://www.mindrot.org/ | Email: djm at mindrot.org (home) -or- djm at ibs.com.au (work) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4YqeGormJ9RG1dI8RAsDTAKDc1ULJTF2lr5rkfgEJXSu3bAzR+wCglLd0 aSYG/TNKeHYIdtu9BmQahJU=BkHA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----