[arch-dev-public] Urgent news item: sshd needs restarting after upgrading to openssh-8.2p1

[Santiago Torres-Arias]

On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 07:51:19PM -0500, Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public wrote:
> On 2/16/20 7:47 PM, Gaetan Bisson via arch-dev-public wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I'd like to post the following news item within the hour.
> > 
> > ========
> > 
> > Title: sshd needs restarting after upgrading to openssh-8.2p1
> > 
> > Conent: After upgrading to openssh-8.2p1, the existing SSH daemon will
> > 	be unable to accept new connections. When upgrading remote
> > 	hosts, please make sure to restart the SSH daemon using
> > 	`systemctl restart sshd` right after `pacman -Syu`.
> > 
> > ========
> > 
> > I deeply regret not spotting this while the package was in [testing].
> > And I also regret not being able to diagnose what the exact problem is
> > just now. Given time is of the essence, I propose posting the above news
> > quickly even I don't consider it a very satisfying solution...
> 
> Is it sufficient to add a post_upgrade message?
> 

The issue is that the package is already out iiuc. I had this issue but
I blamed my wonky sshd configuration haha...

-Santiago
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