OpenSSH 3.8.1p1: call for testing

[Damien Miller]

Hi,

So far we have received only *one* test report as a result of this call
for testing (thanks Corinna).

We absolutely need wider testing of releases. While we try to test on as
many platforms as possible, there is no way we can get them all. If you
want the next stable OpenSSH to work for you, then please help out.

Also, I know representatives from various OS distributors are on this
list. You are very well situated to perform these tests and IMO should
be doing so, if only to reduce your own workload in backporting fixes
that are needed because of insufficient testing.

Downloading a snapshot, compiling and running the tests takes a few
minutes only and makes a great difference to the quality of our
releases. Please take the time to assist.

-d

Darren Tucker wrote:
> Hello All.
> 	Portable OpenSSH version 3.8.1p1 nearing release.  This is primarily a 
> bug fix release and we're asking for interested parties to try a 
> snapshot [1].  A reminder: we rely on community feedback to find out 
> about problems, particularly as there are many platforms any 
> configurations that we don't have access to and can't test.
> 
> 	In most cases, running the built-in tests is as simple as "./configure 
> && make tests", but actually using it will provide a better test for 
> your environment.  Both would be ideal, but either one is far better 
> than neither.
> 
> 	In particular, on HP-UX configure will now attempt to detect a working 
> getnameinfo(), so if you are using IPv6 on HP-UX please see if it 
> detects correctly for your environment.
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 		-Daz.
> 
> Bugs fixed in this release:
> #748 HP-UX 11.11 (aka 11i) needs BROKEN_GETADDRINFO.
> #802 sshd configured with SIA doesn't link on Tru64.
> #808 segfault if not using pam/kbdint mech and password's expired
> #810 TZ environment variable not being set.
> #811 locked /etc/shadow password prefix on linux.
> #820 utmp seems to be getting clobbered on logins (IRIX)
> #825 OpenSSH 3.8p1 breaks on Solaris 8 with 4in6 mapped addresses.
> 
> [1] ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/snapshot/
> or one of its mirrors listed at
> http://www.openssh.com/portable.html#mirrors