Bug 15636 - devtool deploy-target does not provide for legacy SCP operation instead of SFTP
Summary: devtool deploy-target does not provide for legacy SCP operation instead of SFTP
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: Scripts and Tools (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 x86_64
: Medium normal
Target Milestone: 6.1
Assignee: Nathaniel Jones
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Reported: 2024-10-28 17:59 UTC by Nathaniel Jones
Modified: 2026-05-28 16:28 UTC (History)
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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.