Les Mikesell wrote: > Ralph Angenendt wrote: >> >>>> - What does our upstream think about this? >>>> - What do the OpenSSH developers think about this? >>> Someone is going to need to ask those questions of the people... >> >> I don't think the OpenSSH devels really do care about that - there is no >> discussion whatsoever on the secureshell list or on the devel list. >> >> No idea about our upstream, but I don't think so either. > > Does anyone know the point of the patch in the first place? That is, > why would a distro-specific modification have been needed at all? I > don't suspect an intentional compromise here but I'm curious about why > anyone would consider a non-standard change. > The change was added due to valgrind testing of openssh and warnings produced while compiling. The removal was discussed on the openssh-devel list. If was clearly an accident caused by trying to do the right thing. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080519/1e0642db/attachment-0004.sig>