Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2] openssh: add variable for key path

[patrick.vogelaar.dev@mailbox.org]

Hi Antonin,

> Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com> hat am 29.01.2026 12:17 CET geschrieben:
> 
>  
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun Jan 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM CET, Patrick Vogelaar via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> > This patch adds a variable for the key directory path. This is especially
> > useful when working with a read-only file system where you want to
> > specify the location e.g. on a r/w partition. To be consistent, the
> > change was also done for the read write path.
> >
> > For changing the path simply create a bbappend and override the
> > variable.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick Vogelaar <patrick.vogelaar.dev@mailbox.org>
> > ---
> >  .../openssh/openssh_10.2p1.bb                    | 16 ++++++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_10.2p1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_10.2p1.bb
> > index 866129573f..d8ea487ae3 100644
> > --- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_10.2p1.bb
> > +++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_10.2p1.bb
> > @@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += "ac_cv_path_PATH_PASSWD_PROG=${bindir}/passwd"
> >  # We don't want to depend on libblockfile
> >  CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += "ac_cv_header_maillock_h=no"
> >  
> > +# This allows overriding the key location
> > +OPENSSH_HOST_KEY_DIR_READONLY_CONFIG ?= "/var/run/ssh"
> > +OPENSSH_HOST_KEY_DIR ?= "/etc/ssh"
> 
> Thanks for the patch, it was merged in master. As a follow-up, could you
> send patches to document these variables in
> https://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-docs/tree/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst?
> 
> And add a note here
> https://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-docs/tree/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-6.0.rst#n24?

I will send a patch that documents the variable. But I don't know where to put it in the release notes. Can you guide me to the section where this would fit in.

> 
> Thanks!
> Antonin
> 
> -- 
> Antonin Godard, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com

Thanks
Patrick