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To: Nader Turki <nturki@adelphia.net>
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Nader Turki writes:
> I was wondering if the next FreeBSD release will be with XFree86 4.x.

You can use XFree86 4.x on the current release; you just have to
install it from the port. When you do so, you get a message that
starts:

	XFree86 4.0 may contain vulnerabilities yielding root privileges to
	local users, due to insecure coding of the setuid root X server.

This means it's not a good idea to install it as the default
server. Until that gets fixed (and the xfree86 group has to fix it),
that won't change.

	<mike



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