Bug 15636

Summary:	devtool deploy-target does not provide for legacy SCP operation instead of SFTP
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	Nathaniel Jones <nathaniel-j-jones>
Component:	Scripts and Tools	Assignee:	Nathaniel Jones <nathaniel-j-jones>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Medium	CC:	poky.bs.watcher, poky.watcher, randy.macleod, richard.purdie, ross.burton
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	6.1
Hardware:	x86
OS:	x86_64
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Yes (doc changes required)

Description Nathaniel Jones 2024-10-28 17:59:40 UTC

A relatively recent update to OpenSSH means that now a `-O` option to `scp` is required to use the legacy SCP protocol instead of SFTP. The `devtool deploy-target` command currently has no way of presenting users with this option.

Comment 1 Randy MacLeod 2024-10-31 14:40:45 UTC

Suggestions as to how to support this along with a patch would be welcome.

Comment 2 Randy MacLeod 2026-05-28 15:23:09 UTC

Nathaniel, 
We need more details, ideally specific steps to reproduce.

Or just send a patch:
   https://docs.yoctoproject.org/contributor-guide/index.html
and explain in the commit log.

Comment 3 Richard Purdie 2026-05-28 16:28:51 UTC

To be honest, at this point after the passage of time, I don't think we want to support a legacy protocol which is known to be insecure. I'm therefore not sure we would accept a patch along these lines now.