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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.34.0-rc2

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 10, 2021, 21:49 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> So it would be nice to have a more exact test, but without understanding
> the openssh bug, I think this is the best we can do in the meantime.

Sounds good. We can also ensure that the key we are going to generate here is actually usable before we leave the lazy-prereq block, but we can leave it for another day.

Will apply.  Thanks.
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>
> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH] t/lib-gpg: avoid broken versions of ssh-keygen
>
> The "-Y find-principals" option of ssh-keygen seems to be broken in
> Debian's openssh-client 1:8.7p1-1, whereas it works fine in 1:8.4p1-5.
> This causes several failures for GPGSSH tests. We fulfill the
> prerequisite because generating the keys works fine, but actually
> verifying a signature causes results ranging from bogus results to
> ssh-keygen segfaulting.
>
> We can find the broken version during the prereq check by feeding it
> empty input. This should result in it complaining to stderr, but in the
> broken version it triggers the segfault, causing the GPGSSH tests to be
> skipped.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
>  t/lib-gpg.sh | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/t/lib-gpg.sh b/t/lib-gpg.sh
> index 1d8e5b5b7e..a3f285f515 100644
> --- a/t/lib-gpg.sh
> +++ b/t/lib-gpg.sh
> @@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ test_lazy_prereq GPGSSH '
>  	test $? != 127 || exit 1
>  	echo $ssh_version | grep -q "find-principals:missing signature file"
>  	test $? = 0 || exit 1;
> +
> +	# some broken versions of ssh-keygen segfault on find-principals;
> +	# avoid testing with them.
> +	ssh-keygen -Y find-principals -f /dev/null -s /dev/null
> +	test $? = 139 && exit 1
> +
>  	mkdir -p "${GNUPGHOME}" &&
>  	chmod 0700 "${GNUPGHOME}" &&
>  	(setfacl -k "${GNUPGHOME}" 2>/dev/null || true) &&
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  2. Jeff KingNov 10, 2021
  3. Jeff KingNov 10, 2021
  4. Carlo ArenasNov 10, 2021
  5. Jeff KingNov 10, 2021
  6. Carlo ArenasNov 10, 2021
  7. Jeff KingNov 10, 2021
  8. RelNotes: mention known crasher when ssh signing with OpenSSH 8.7Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Nov 10, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2021
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  11. Jeff KingNov 11, 2021
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2021
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  14. Jeff KingNov 10, 2021
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2021
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  20. Patrick SteinhardtNov 15, 2021
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