PuTTY bug local-proxy-telnet

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summary: Data received from local proxy commands tagged as TCP Urgent (breaks telnet)
class: bug: This is clearly an actual problem we want fixed.
difficulty: fun: Just needs tuits, and not many of them.
blocks: cygwin-terminal-window
priority: low: We aren't sure whether to fix this or not.
absent-in: r6807
present-in: r6808
fixed-in: r8158 (0.61) (0.62) (0.63) (0.64)

When I implemented the proxy-command feature, I accidentally set it up so that all data received from a local proxy subprocess (on both Unix and Windows) was tagged as TCP Urgent.

This made no difference to SSH (which is how I didn't notice), but it completely breaks Telnet. Fixed in r8158.

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(last revision of this bug record was at 2011-07-10 14:28:16 +0000)