Indeed,

I keep openssh as a local port so I can get it updated w/o waiting for that 
problematic patch to be updated.

Marius
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Marius Schamschula




> On Mar 15, 2022, at 4:12 PM, Daniel J. Luke <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Mar 14, 2022, at 6:14 PM, grey <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Thank you in advance for any wisdom you may be able to share on this issue!
> 
> My suggestion previously was that the openssh port should just build upstream 
> openssh + any patches that a maintainer wants to keep updated - since 
> interest in forward-porting the gsskex and hpn patches always lags 
> (significantly) new openssh releases.
> 
> If people want slowly-updated versions of openssh with one (or both) of those 
> patches, they can go in a different port so that the vast majority of users 
> can get the current version of openssh and it can be maintained  by someone 
> who doesn't want/need/use those patches.
> 
> -- 
> Daniel J. Luke
> 

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