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Re: ssh 8.2 option "compression" error



On 02.03.2020 10:44, Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 at 06:57, Edgar Pettijohn <edgar%pettijohn-web.com@localhost> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Feb 27, 2020 10:55 PM, Geoff Wing <gcw%pobox.com@localhost> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have an error with the new openssh 8.2.  The option "compression" is
>>> not being handled properly.
>>>
>>> I blew away my objdir for crypto/external/bsd/openssh before rebuilding
>>> but still getting this error.  Anyone else able to reproduce or maybe
>>> something else caused a build error for me?
>>>
>>> % ssh -F /dev/null -o "compression yes" localhost
>>> command-line line 0: unsupported option "yes".
>>> %
>>>
>>
>> Shouldn't it be Compression with a big c. Not sure if it matters or not.
> 
> Apparently not - if you try the same with 'Compression no' and
> 'compression no', it works as expected; it you use incorrect option,
> you get the proper error message. For whatever reason it recognises
> [Cc]ompression option, but not the value of the option:
> 
> $ ssh -F /dev/null -o "Compression no" localhost
> Password for xci@ymir:$
> 
> $ ssh -F /dev/null -o "compression no" localhost
> Password for xci@ymir:$
> 
> $ ssh -F /dev/null -o "compression yes" localhost
> command-line line 0: unsupported option "yes".
> 
> $ ssh -F /dev/null -o "Compression yes" localhost
> command-line line 0: unsupported option "yes".
> 
> $ ssh -F /dev/null -o "Compressionx yes" localhost
> command-line: line 0: Bad configuration option: compressionx
> 
> $  ssh -F /dev/null -o "Compression x" localhost
> command-line line 0: unsupported option "x".     #  same as when 'yes' is used.
> 
> Same happens if the option is specified in .ssh/config file, instead
> on the command line.
> 
> 
>>
>> Edgar
>>> I didn't check all the options but several others seem to be working OK.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Geoff
> 
> 
> 

I can see the same error and for the time being I have commented out the
compression line.

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