Bug 223951

Summary:	version bump: net-misc/openssh-4.8
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Stefan Behte (RETIRED) <craig>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Robin Johnson <robbat2>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	base-system, gentoo-bugs
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-05-28 13:00:37 UTC

Would be cool to see it in portage, as it adds chroot()!
http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.8

Comment 1 Allen Brooker (AllenJB) 2008-05-28 15:51:01 UTC

OpenSSH 5.0 is already available in portage, marked testing on all archs. Run "emerge --sync" to update your local copy of the package repository, then see the following URL on how to unmask specific packages:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=3

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-05-28 16:14:49 UTC

It _formally_ adds chroot()?

# euses chroot
net-misc/openssh:chroot - Enable chrooting support

Comment 3 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-05-28 16:35:36 UTC

4.8 suffers from a security vulnerability and as such won't be added to the tree. The response by upstream was a release of 5.0 which fixes the issue. Additionally, 4.7_p1-r6 addresses all known security vulnerabilites as well. 4.8 is not supported by upstream for security fixes and general usage.

Comment 4 Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-05-28 18:15:19 UTC

I thought the patch might have been backported to 4.8 and it would be cool to do a minor update from 4.7 to 4.8 and not to 5. Well, that won't work then.

Thanks for the explanation! :)