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[Bug 3328] Issue with ForwardAgent value specified as an environment variable
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3328

Darren Tucker <dtucker@dtucker.net> changed:

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Blocks| |3302
CC| |dtucker@dtucker.net


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3302
[Bug 3302] Tracking bug for openssh-8.7
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[Bug 3328] Issue with ForwardAgent value specified as an environment variable [ In reply to ]
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3328

--- Comment #1 from Darren Tucker <dtucker@dtucker.net> ---
(In reply to Stephen Goetze from comment #0)
[...]
> I've attached a proposed patch, based on the OpenSSH 8.6p1 ssh.c
> source file.

Thanks, I've added it to the list to do for the next release.

> On a related note, I don't understand why the $ENV_VAR_NAME (without
> braces) syntax is supported for this option. There is also support
> for supplying the environment variable name via the ${ENV_VAR_NAME}
> (with braces) syntax (see the code beginning at line 1415 in ssh.c).
>
>
> Is the non-brace syntax a legacy format that needs to be preserved?

Yes, the non-brace syntax was existed only for this option prior to the
more generic brace support being added for many options. The old
syntax is maintained for backward compatibility for any configs using
it (we try not to break working configs without advance warning).

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[Bug 3328] Issue with ForwardAgent value specified as an environment variable [ In reply to ]
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Darren Tucker <dtucker@dtucker.net> changed:

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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution|--- |FIXED

--- Comment #2 from Darren Tucker <dtucker@dtucker.net> ---
This has been applied and will be in the next major release.

Thanks for the report.

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