Thanks all, For what its worth, this bug is fixed in openssh-5.3p1-83.el6 which seems to be available now in sl6x-fastbugs -- Steven Haigh Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897 Fax: (03) 8338 0299 On 9/11/2012 2:54 AM, Connie Sieh wrote: > On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, Pat Riehecky wrote: > >> On 11/08/2012 07:59 AM, Steven Haigh wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm currently working through an issue with OpenSSH in 6.3. >>> >>> Relevant bugzilla entries: >>> Fedora 18: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872608 >>> EL6: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869903 >>> >>> I'm a bit curious how stuff gets into the fastbugs or testing repos >>> for SL. Are these the same source repos that TUV uses for the same >>> repo names? >>> >>> When this does get fixed and confirmed, I'm going to try and chase it >>> through the EL6 chains as well as F18. >>> >> >> Items in the 'fastbugs' repo are packages released by upstream which >> do not address a security issue and are not part of a point release. >> These are primarily bugfix and enhancement packages. Some packages >> developed by Scientific Linux are also considered fastbugs, depending >> on when they were developed and how quickly they should be released. > > Fastbugs trys to "follow" the "FastTrack" channel of RHEL. > >> >> Packages in the 'testing' repo are packages that we feel could benefit >> from some additional testing before being merged with the main trees. >> This is handled on a case by case basis, so it is difficult to provide >> an exact description. For upstream packages, these packages are >> typically built from the publicly released source. For example, when >> firefox moved from the 3 series to the 10 series, the firefox packages >> were placed in testing first. Similarly, the security errata released >> as a part of the upstream 6.3 release went into testing before being >> merged into the main SL trees. >> >> I hope this has been helpful. >> >> Pat >> >> > > -Connie Sieh