From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:36:42 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [RFC, PATCH 2/8] package/dropbear: Add separate configuration options for client and server In-Reply-To: <53153191.9050506@ozlabs.org> References: <1389862338.918265.958087681541.2.gpush@pablo> <53151AFC.3010402@zacarias.com.ar> <53152757.2020707@ozlabs.org> <5315300C.60102@zacarias.com.ar> <53153191.9050506@ozlabs.org> Message-ID: <20140304183642.GB11474@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Jeremy, All, On 2014-03-04 09:51 +0800, Jeremy Kerr spake thusly: > >> There are some scenarios where there's no point starting a SSH server > >> (in my case, it's because there's no persistent storage, so no > >> persistent host keys). However, I'd still like a ssh/scp client to be > >> available. > > > > Well you'll want at least one of the options of dropbear, there's no > > point in excluding both. > > My common sense tells me you'll always want the client anyway, it's no > > security threat or space-consuming menace, so why not add just a SERVER > > option maybe? > > BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR -> builds and install the client portion. > > BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR_SERVER -> installs the server bits (default=y for > > compatibility reasons). > > That sounds pretty good to me too. I'd be happy to implement whatever > the general consensus is :) OK for me. But make sure the server is "default y", so old .config files still work. Regards, Yann E. MORIN. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'