[openssh-commits] [openssh] 04/04: upstream: start process of deprecating the -R flag. This was the

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commit 87f0cd1892e501f835dd210abea5461807c8deba
Author: djm at openbsd.org <djm at openbsd.org>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 1 07:10:56 2026 +0000

    upstream: start process of deprecating the -R flag. This was the
    
    old way of performing a remote-to-remote copy that was basically executed scp
    on the remote host. It barely worked (needing agent forwarding enabled or
    usable credentials on the remote host) and has largely been replaced by a
    better SFTP-protocol remote-to-remote copy that runs through the host
    performing the copy.
    
    We'll disable this option in a release or two; ok dtucker@
    
    OpenBSD-Commit-ID: dc273300651e581c3db18edf21f2b05ceac60fd7
---
 scp.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index cb952f330..54ada858f 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.277 2026/09/27 22:39:40 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.278 2026/10/01 07:10:56 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * scp - secure remote copy.  This is basically patched BSD rcp which
  * uses ssh to do the data transfer (instead of using rcmd).
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			throughlocal = 1;
 			break;
 		case 'R':
+			fprintf(stderr, "warning: remote/remote -R copy mode "
+			    "is deprecated and will soon be removed\n");
 			throughlocal = 0;
 			break;
 		case 'o':

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