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[PATCH 0/6] Add 'guix deploy'.

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Message #209 received at 36404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2 <at> worcester.edu>
To: "Jakob L. Kreuze" <zerodaysfordays <at> sdf.lonestar.org>
Cc: Christopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 36404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#36404] [PATCH v4 1/4] ssh: Add 'identity' keyword to
 'open-ssh-session'.
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 21:23:44 -0400

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 1:56 PM Jakob L. Kreuze
<zerodaysfordays <at> sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
> * guix/ssh.scm (open-ssh-session): Add 'identity' keyword argument.
> ---
>  guix/ssh.scm | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/guix/ssh.scm b/guix/ssh.scm
> index 9b9baf54e..9bf10b9a0 100644
> --- a/guix/ssh.scm
> +++ b/guix/ssh.scm
> @@ -57,12 +57,14 @@
>  (define %compression
>    "zlib <at> openssh.com,zlib")
>
> -(define* (open-ssh-session host #:key user port
> +(define* (open-ssh-session host #:key user port identity
>                             (compression %compression))
> -  "Open an SSH session for HOST and return it.  When USER and PORT are #f, use
> -default values or whatever '~/.ssh/config' specifies; otherwise use them.
> -Throw an error on failure."
> +  "Open an SSH session for HOST and return it.  IDENTITY specifies the path of

Replace "path" with "file name".  Lots of people use them
interchangeably, but GNU makes a clear distinction between the two
terms.

> +a private key to use for authenticating with the host.  When USER, PORT, or
> +IDENTITY are #f, use default values or whatever '~/.ssh/config' specifies;
> +otherwise use them.  Throw an error on failure."
>    (let ((session (make-session #:user user
> +                               #:identity identity
>                                 #:host host
>                                 #:port port
>                                 #:timeout 10       ;seconds
> --
> 2.22.0

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