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Bug#472688: marked as done (openssh-client: ssh/scp Treatment of -[pP] options is not consistent)

Your message dated Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:51:02 +0000
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and subject line Re: Bug#472688: openssh-client: ssh/scp Treatment of -[pP] options is not consistent
has caused the Debian Bug report #472688,
regarding openssh-client: ssh/scp Treatment of -[pP] options is not consistent
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Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:4.7p1-5
Severity: minor


Consider this: man ssh

     -p port
             Port to connect to on the remote host.  This can be specified on
             a per-host basis in the configuration file.

man scp

     -P port
             Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host.  Note that
             this option is written with a capital 'P', because -p is already
             reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in
             rcp(1).

     -p      Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
             original file.


SUGGESTION

It's inconstent that the options differ in both programs. Please unify
to use option "-p" for port in both programs.

	scp:

	-p	Port ...
	-P	preserves modification

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages openssh-client depends on:
ii  adduser               3.106              add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.20             Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                  1.14.16.6          package maintenance system for Deb
ii  libc6                 2.7-9              GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2            1.40.8-2           common error description library
ii  libedit2              2.9.cvs.20050518-4 BSD editline and history libraries
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libncurses5           5.6+20080308-1     Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libssl0.9.8           0.9.8g-8           SSL shared libraries
ii  passwd                1:4.1.0-2          change and administer password and
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages openssh-client recommends:
ii  xauth                         1:1.0.3-1  X authentication utility

-- no debconf information

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--- Begin Message --- 
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 08:36:36PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> Consider this: man ssh
> 
>      -p port
>              Port to connect to on the remote host.  This can be specified on
>              a per-host basis in the configuration file.
> 
> man scp
> 
>      -P port
>              Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host.  Note that
>              this option is written with a capital 'P', because -p is already
>              reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in
>              rcp(1).
> 
>      -p      Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
>              original file.
> 
> 
> SUGGESTION
> 
> It's inconstent that the options differ in both programs. Please unify
> to use option "-p" for port in both programs.
> 
> 	scp:
> 
> 	-p	Port ...
> 	-P	preserves modification

I'm afraid it's not possible to change scp; that option is part of the
protocol (annoying though that is) and is fixed. This is a historical
discomfort that we can't really do anything about now.

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]

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