Bug#275301: ssh2 freeze in select() when used as a transport medium for cvs or scp

[delbd@oma.be]

Sorry thought ssh was in fact the old ssh1 protocol  and ssh2 was it's 
replacement.


Le Mardi 12 Octobre 2004 20:26, vous avez écrit :
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 10:59:57AM +0200, David Delbecq wrote:
> Package: ssh2
> Version: 2.0.13-7
> Severity: important
>
> When i do a scp from using this computer or when i use cvs over ssh,
> at some time or another it freeze during process and i have to ctrl-C.
> I did install the lic6-gdb package, plugged gdb in the process after the
> freeze and did a backtrace (see below). As you can see, ssh is stuck in
> select() function. Could not find any informations on this.
> This is quite a problem as it render cvs tool over ssh useless :/ (it
> can never do a complete checkout).

Consider using OpenSSH (the ssh package) instead. ssh2 has been removed
from testing and unstable, and is effectively no longer supported.

Cheers,