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

[Damien Miller]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Dan Kaminsky wrote:

> > they are "implemented" with -o.
> 
> First of all, -o presumes an SSH backend.  Markus's argument that SCP has
> nothing to do with SSH thus doesn't work, 

-o presumes _a_ backend. Passing arbitrary options to the backend via -o
is more backend-independent than passing SSH specific options via other 
command-line arguments.

I wish people were as vigorous in auditing, patching or testing the CVS 
code as they were at arguing about trivialities such as -1 options in scp.

-d