openssh unix dev - Aug 2002 - Tru64 patch won't make it into 3.5 due to lack of interest.

Tru64 patch will not make it into 3.5 (this is final) due to lack of
willing people to test.  I have given the Tru64/osf1 community almost a
month to test it.  And *ONE* person came forward to give me verification.

And don't give me shit about "I don't have time."  The person
who tested
it was LEAVING his employer with Tru64.  He found time.

IT IS YOUR GAWD DAMN PLATFORM.  IF YOU DON'T CARE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT WHAT
YOU USE (OR DEVELOP) THEN YOU HAVE ONLY YOURSELF TO BLAME.

Sorry kids, if you don't care.  Nor do I.  I won't be doing any more
work
for Tru64 platform.  I'd rather work with the AIX or Cygwin developers
since they care about their systems and are quick to respond and quick to
ensure their platform is solid.

When two more people give a damn about Tru64 and sends the results of a
regess/ on tru64 w/ privsep enabled with the last published patch.  I'll
include it for 3.6.

- Ben
I'm an asshole.  People have pointed it out, but I'm a useful asshole.

Hi Ben,

I just discovered your patch for Tru64 privsep problems when SIA (enhanced
security) is enabled. I only just got around to trying 3.4p1 and privsep
on this platform today. I'll see if I can make headway with testing your
patch tomorrow. Sorry if there hasn't been much response from what's
left
of the community...Sometimes it seems like there's nobody left after
DEC/Compaq (/HP?) mismanagement, but hey, Mozilla is supporting Tru64, and
even OpenVMS! Maybe you can get their development team interested. I'm
definitely interested in supporting OpenSSH on Tru64 because we still use
this platform in a big way.

David Potterveld

Ben Lindstrom wrote:
[flame snipped]
> When two more people give a damn about Tru64 and sends the results of a
> regess/ on tru64 w/ privsep enabled with the last published patch. 
I'll
> include it for 3.6.
Whew, is it warm in here or is it just me :-?

Speaking of the regression tests, are there any plans to make them more
portable?  The existing ones in -cvs aren't completely functional
out-of-the-box on over half the platforms I have access to.

Works: OpenBSD, Linux.
Doesn't: AIX, HP-UX, Solaris.

There's patches floating around (by Roumen Petrov and myself) to address
this.  I'm prepared to roll up all of the changes and suggestions in the
following threads if there's some interest in merging the result.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=102734348721347
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=102760388201413

		-Daz.

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