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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