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From:
Thomas Adam <thomas@xteddy.org>
Subject:
Re: remove gotsys.conf macro support
To:
gameoftrees@openbsd.org
Date:
Fri, 9 Jan 2026 22:01:26 +0000

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Hi,

On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 at 10:21, Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name> wrote:
>
> At present, use of SSH keys where the base64-encoded form ends with an
> equal sign ('=') results in a gotsys.conf syntax error, unless the key
> is wrapped in qoutes.
>
> The = symbol isn't allowed in strings because the implementation supports
> the use of macros in gotsys.conf, even though this feature is not documented.
>
> I would rather keep gotsys.conf dumb and simple, disallow use of macros,
> and avoid the syntax errors caused by SSH keys.
>
> ok?

FWIW, looks good to me.  No further comment, it's an obvious change.

Kindly,
Thomas