Re: Proposed enhancement to scp

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 07:34:45 -0500

"Darren Tucker" <dtucker@dodgy.net.au> wrote in message
news:c1jc0a$t7n$1@gate.dodgy.net.au...
> In article <_R4%b.24859$V26.14511@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com>,
> Steve Turner <bbqboyee@H2OlooWoodworks.com> wrote:
> >How does one go about proposing an enhancement to a component of
> >OpenSSH? I would like to see an option added to scp that would cause
> >the creation of any non-existent directories leading up to the target
> >file.
>
> Go to http://bugzilla.mindrot.org, open a bug against OpenSSH with the
> severity set to "enhancement".
>
> Be aware that the model for scp is rcp, and if it's not something rcp
> does then there's a good chance it will not be accepted. (Also, -p is
> already used.)

Good flipping luck. I have an old one suggesting integrating chroot behavior
into the main codeline, http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=177, and
haven't seen a yay or nay in 2 years. Instead, people are grabbing the patch
from chrootssh.sourceforge.net and stapling it in by hand, which is just
asking for grief.

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