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Date:	Sat, 30 Dec 2000 20:00:44 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Openssh 2.3.0p1 weird exec problem, cont.
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On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 05:21:07PM -0500, bailey9 AT akamai DOT com wrote:
> That seems to solve the problem for me. Thanks!

You _did_ recompile OpenSSH with USE_PIPES and that solves
actually the problem? I'm just asking to be really sure.

Corinna

> > On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 03:59:12PM -0500, John Pollock wrote:
> > > However, i've only seen this issue with non-cygwin apps (like VC++ and
> > > such) which don't seem to understand how to send output reliably when
> > > cooperating with a version of ssh using socket pairs instead of pipes.
> > > The cygwin version of openssh, i believe ,uses socket pairs and not pipes,
> > > which may be the source of the problem.
> > 
> > That's an interesting point. socket pairs are prefered over pipes in
> > OpenSSH. Using pipes is a special option. I'm currently on vacation
> > and need the time for my move to another town. If somebody is willing
> > to build OpenSSH using pipes and test that situation again I would
> > gladly appreciate this.
> > 
> > Using pipes instead of socket pairs is easy: After configuring just
> > open `defines.h', goto line 378 and remove the comments from this
> > line containing `#define USE_PIPES 1', then make. If that solves the
> > problem (and still works in all other situations) I will release
> > a new Cygwin version of OpenSSH then.

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