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Re: old but persistent problem: bad line length character

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Peter Kleiweg <pkleiweg@xs4all.nl>
Date
Jun 8, 2011, 18:33 UTC
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Junio C Hamano schreef op de 8e dag van de zomermaand van het jaar 2011:
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> Peter Kleiweg <pkleiweg@xs4all.nl> writes:
> 
> > I made it read some more than 4 bytes. And this is what I get:
> >
> > {27}]0;github git-receive-pack 'pebbe/Gabmap.git'{7}
> >
> > Ah, I see! I have a wrapper set-up around ssh that sets the 
> > window title of the shell to the ssh command argument. That is 
> > what messes things up!
> >
> > OK. Fixed now.
> 
> That does not explain why you earlier said 1.4.4.4 works and more recent
> versions do not, though.

I downloaded the sources of 1.4.4.4 and compiled it. I get the same problem. I guess the pre-compiled version that comes from Debian uses /usr/bin/ssh, and when I compile it myself it uses the version of ssh it finds in PATH.

-- 
Peter Kleiweg
http://pkleiweg.home.xs4all.nl/
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  1. Peter KleiwegJun 7, 2011
  2. Jeff KingJun 7, 2011
  3. Peter KleiwegJun 7, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2011
  5. Jakub NarebskiJun 8, 2011
  6. Peter KleiwegJun 8, 2011

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