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Date:      Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:06:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@citusc.usc.edu>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, taguchi@tohoku.iij.ad.jp
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/XFree86-4 pkg-message Makefile pkg-install ports/x11/XFree86-4/files patch-config_cf_Server_tmpl
Message-ID:  <200010290006.RAA33002@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001028164136.A82537@citusc17.usc.edu>
References:  <200010282311.QAA13532@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001028164136.A82537@citusc17.usc.edu>

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>>>>> Kris Kennaway writes:

 >> Install the X server without the SUID bit, remove the warning about the
 >> possible insecurity of this, and inform users about the x11/wrapper port.

 > It should depend on the wrapper port by default - otherwise it's not
 > useful:-)

If the server is used with xdm, the suid bit is not required. And some
people don't need a high level of security - after all no
vulnerability has been found in the X server yet :-)

 > Don't forget to do the XFree86-4-Server ports too (weren't we planning
 > to make XFree86-4 into a metaport around these other ones so these
 > changes only need to be applied once?)

I am not the maintainer of the XFree86-4-Server ports :-) 
[Cc'ed: to Taguchi Takeshi]

Jean-Marc

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