sftp backspace not working (OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-8.sarge.4)

[Damien Miller]

J. Grant wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/07/05 00:55, Damien Miller wrote:
> 
>> J. Grant wrote:
>>
>>> I am using sftp which comes with OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian-8.sarge.4,
>>> OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004
>>>
>>> I noticed backspace is not working. Couild someone tell me if this is
>>> fixed in a newer package please?
>>
>>
>>
>> Why don't you ask the Debian maintainer - this is a very
>> distribution-specific problem.
> 
> 
> By that do you intend to make the point that there was no bug? Or there
> was a bug and it has been fixed for sometime? Or there was a only bug in
> debian build?  Or something else entirely?

I mean that the bug is probably not in OpenSSH itself - it it likely to
be in Debian's libedit or termcap.

-d