That code is 12 years old: https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/c8802aac28470714ec204d00342f6ecbca45908f https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portab

That code is 12 years old: https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/c8802aac28470714ec204d00342f6ecbca45908f https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/c8802aac2... So maybe the parent post was remembering a time before then.