Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2021-11-10

Re: [PATCH] RelNotes: mention known crasher when ssh signing with OpenSSH 8.7

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-10 21:39:31

Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón  [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
As discussed[1] earlier, make sure there are no surprises when ssh-keygen
crashes on some users of OpenSSH 8.7 that are trying ssh signing.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqsfycs21q.fsf@gitster.g/ (local)

Signed-off-by: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <redacted>
---
 Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
index effab2ea4b..54dcc7240d 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Backward compatibility notes
 
  * The "--preserve-merges" option of "git rebase" has been removed.
 
+ * The upcoming ssh signing feature is broken if used together with
+   OpenSSH 8.7, avoid using it if you cannot update to OpenSSH 8.8
+   (or stay at 8.6)
That may be correct, but it is NOT a backward compatibility note.
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