[PATCH] Add scp -1 and -2 options to OpenSSH-3.0.2p1

Markus Friedl markus at openbsd.org
Tue Jan 29 02:19:19 EST 2002


On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 07:12:01AM -0800, Dan Kaminsky wrote:
> It's beyond what it carries, Markus.  It's user expectations.

yes, and this is the problem.

-c, -C, -i got added, while -p could not, -f could not, -t could not,
-P could not, so there is already a _big_ difference, and now with this
inconsistency people started expecting that scp accepts all options
from ssh. but that's not possible. adding more options to scp will make
even more people expect that scp and ssh behave the same. but they
cannot behave the same, it's too late.



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