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

From
Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 10, 2021, 09:39 UTC
Message-ID
<20211110093912.4382-1-carenas@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<YYtgD8VT/0vuIHRX@coredump.intra.peff.net>

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/
Signed-off-by: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com>
---
 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)
 
 UI, Workflows & Features
 
-- 
2.34.0.rc1.349.g8f33748433
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