scp issue in 0.56

Matt Johnston matt at ucc.asn.au
Sun Mar 31 23:33:07 WST 2013


Hi,

Thanks for pointing that out, I'll fix it in the next
release.

Cheers,
Matt

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 05:51:58PM +0100, Frank Van Uffelen wrote:
> Hello, I think I've found a problem in the scp implementation in 0.56:
> lines 233-235 of scp.c say:
> 
> #ifdef USE_VFORK
>                 arg_setup(host, remuser, cmd);
> #endif
> 
> and IMO it should be
> 
> #ifndef USE_VFORK
>                 arg_setup(host, remuser, cmd);
> #endif
> 
> which would correspond to the logic in previous releases.  As it is now,
> dbclient will complain and show its help because arg_setup is never
> executed on systems using a regular fork() call.
> 
> Do you agree?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> Frank Van Uffelen


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