New OpenSSH problem found by tinderbox: conflicting types for gai_strerror on AIX, bringing the bug count up to 4. It looks like the tinderbox might be worth the effort to keep running.

Also tried to get the regression tests to run on Cygwin. Have made progress: now instead of not running at all it fails immediately :-).

blm: To claim a relationship to a project you need to be certed Apprentice or higher, then a menu for "Type of relationship:" will appear at the bottom of the project page. Also, regarding:

"programs started with the ampersand are started in the background but still tied to the controlling tty so if my ssh connection dies so does the program. When I don't want this I have to create a daemon."

This is correct. When the ssh connection dies, the pseudoterminal associated with the connection is closed, and this sends a SIGHUP to all processes with that pty as a controlling terminal. To avoid this, run your program with "nohup" or arrange for it to catch SIGHUP itself.