Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:15:10 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Xorg ICE vs. Xfce4 (4.2-RC3) needs fixing /etc/rc.d/cleartmp Message-ID: <200501071615.13292.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <41DE5840.4060906@yahoo.com> References: <41DDC4F2.5090709@yahoo.com> <41DE5242.4030606@redesjm.local> <41DE5840.4060906@yahoo.com>
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--nextPart7675763.AYjfFLtjPy Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 7. January 2005 10:37, Rob wrote: > What ever solution you guys decide, it has to be committed quickly. > With Xfce's new release 4.2 coming soon, and apparently KDE is also having > (or is going to have) problems here, a patch can't wait for too long. [...] > Maybe a temporary working patch would do. KDE already has issues with it (see ports/UPDATING). However, I disagree ab= out=20 the quick-hack idea. Please fix this the right way. Jose's patches for the= =20 x11 ports look good to me, but xorg's primary maintainer isn't too hot abou= t=20 a ports-based solution, IIRC, and thus stalling things. Portmgr also knows= =20 about them, but I don't know if portmgr feels responsible. In any case, this issue should be fixed correctly, and adding mkdirs/chmods= to=20 arbitrary startup scripts for diverse window managers and desktop=20 environments is not the right way - even Jose's PRs or a default,=20 base-system-created socketdir wouldn't be the real fix FWIW - Xorg introduc= ed=20 nothing but a plain blatant bug into libICE and relies on packagers and OS= =20 vendors to cover up for it - getting a fix into Xorg is probably really=20 beyond the allowable timeframe though. That's why I myself am inclined=20 towards implementing Jose's PRs, they put the workaround where the bug is. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart7675763.AYjfFLtjPy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBB3qeBXhc68WspdLARAkueAJ9VDC2wqgh4M4quyFSuoewngKadEACcCAOC Z4p34euoe7v5dl3rv2qFULM= =wfL3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart7675763.AYjfFLtjPy--
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