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Date:      19 Mar 2002 21:13:32 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>
Cc:        "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/secure/usr.sbin/sshd Makefile
Message-ID:  <xzpzo1471ub.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <014901c1cf76$776b0f00$d800a8c0@dwcjr>
References:  <200203191506.g2JF6HW11561@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> <xzp663sege6.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20020319162343.GA44817@hellblazer.nectar.cc> <20020319092330.A72750@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020319182116.GA53863@leviathan.inethouston.net> <xzpelig8lcn.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <014901c1cf76$776b0f00$d800a8c0@dwcjr>

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"David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> writes:
> Managing the distribution of OpenSSH is split into two teams. One
> team does strictly OpenBSD-based development, aiming to produce code
> that is as clean, simple, and secure as possible. The other team
> takes the clean version and makes it portable, so that it will run
> on many operating systems (these are known as the p releases, and
> named like "OpenSSH 2.1.1p4"). Please click on the provided link for
> your operating system.

I've read that, but that's just words on a web page.  Please explain
exactly what OpenSSH-portable has that "regular" OpenSSH doesn't, and
that we need badly enough to justify the pain of switching to
-portable.

BTW, NetBSD doesn't use OpenSSH-portable either.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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