linux ssh never shuts down fix release?

[Markus Friedl]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 09:32:46PM +1000, carl at bl.echidna.id.au wrote:
> > From: Markus Friedl <markus at openbsd.org>
> > 
> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 04:03:57PM +1000, carl at bl.echidna.id.au wrote:
> > > A while ago I saw some stuff about fixes for the problem with 
> > > ssh2 and linux (which the FAQ on www.openssh.com is still
> > > mentioning but not offering any real solutions for).  Is there
> > > any news on when/if these fixes will find their way into a 
> > > release? OpenSSH 2.9p3 perhaps? :)
> > 
> > what exactly are you referring to?
> > 
> > does ssh hang if you do this:
> > 
> > 	$ sleep 10 < /dev/null &
> 
> Probably, but it doesn't like it when I ssh in and start a 
> daemon, and then try to log out.  It doesn't drop the
> session.  It's a known bug, there's fixes for it in the
> current snapshots, I believe.

a fix for _what_ bug?

can you show some debug output for the bug?

> I'm wondering if there's a 
> formal release planned anytime soon, or if I should 
> make up my own rpm for the current one. Which I'd
> rather not do, linux not really being my platform of
> most expertise, but rather one that I'm having to
> support, rather than wanting to :)
> 
> Carl
>