From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:22:20 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Ensure that SSH runs in non-interactive mode
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807211221310.8986@racer>
In-Reply-To: <20080721110436.GA8395@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Hi,

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Jeff King wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:56:14PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > > or syntax used in RPM spec macros
> > > 
> > >   %{?p:-P %p}
> > > 
> > > (and there is complementing %{!?<var>:<expansion>} in RPM spec macro
> > > language).
> > 
> > Yes, this is overkill.  I would even have passed the port argument 
> > _always_, since the port 22 for ssh is as likely to change as hell will 
> > not freeze over.  Actually, I am not so sure about the latter.
> 
> But keep in mind that "-p 22" on the command line _overrides_ what the
> user has in their ssh config, so it is not a good idea to pass it all
> the time.

Oh, good point.  So we might need something distasteful as what Jakub 
proposed... Hrmpf.

Ciao,
Dscho