If memory serves me right, David Malone wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 01:32:00PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
>
> > : > + Openssh isn't 100% compatible with ssh, so some care needs to
> > : > + be taken in its operation.
> > :
> > : This sounds bad. Are you referring to the -o syntax differences, or actua
> l
> > : incompatabilities? There have been unsubstantiated reports of
> > : interoperability problems, but nothing well documented here.
> >
> > I'm talking about the -o syntax difference specifically. How does the
> > following sound?
>
> [SNIP]
>
> > + Openssh's command line parsing isn't 100% compatible with ssh,
> > + so some care needs to be taken in its operation.
>
> I'd leave it saying that it isn't 100% compatible - it may sound
> bad but it's true. There are several other things that aren't the
> same: default options are different, some options have been removed
> (AllowHosts is one that I know of), it produces warning messages
> where the old ssh wouldn't have. I'm sure there are other differences
> too.
Rather than let the users guess at various incompatabilities (imagined
and real), why not give them a few examples, as in your (David's) last
message?
"Care needs to be taken when converting from ssh to OpenSSH. OpenSSH's
command-line parsing isn't 100% compatible with ssh, some of the default
options have been changed, some options (such as AllowHosts) have been
removed, and it produces a few more warning messages than ssh."
Bruce.
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