bug#33100: [libssh] fatal: dumb http transport does not support shallow capabilities

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hello!

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

>>>> I like it, but it doesn't seem to actually print anything for me when I
>>>> trigger the failing case, for example by fetching the libssh source over
>>>> HTTP.
>>>
>>> If might be that current-output-port is fully buffered.  What if you
>>> add:
>>>
>>>   (setvbuf (current-output-port) 'line)
>>>
>>> before the ‘format’ call?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ludo’, who is found guilty of not actually running the code.
>>
>> What is preferable, between your solution or using (force-output)?
>
> I’d go for line buffering since you only need to do it once for all.

I finally got around to reproducing the problem and testing the fix; it
was costly to build using --no-substitutes.

Is it OK to push this patch into master?

Thanks,

Maxim

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