Package: rxvt-unicode
Version: 7.7-4
Severity: normal
urxvtcd currently does this:
if ! urxvtc "$@" ; then
urxvtd -f
exec urxvtc "$@"
fi
Which starts urxvtd even when it already runs (urxvtc also fails on wrong
commandline switches, for example). This is not really harmful, it just
eats memory.
A better way would be to check for an exit status of 2 (== could not
contact daemon), i.e.:
#!/bin/sh
urxvtc "$@"
if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
urxvtd -q -o -f
exec urxvtc "$@"
fi
In addition to -q (quiet), this also specifies -o. The latter has the
effect of binding urxvtd to the lifetime of the X session. While there
are valid scenarios where you wouldn't want this, I think its best if
"urxvtcd" would use that switch, as people expect X programs to exit
when the display goes away. Wether using -o or not is a matter of taste,
checking the exit status and -q is (IMHO) not :)
With those changes, urxvtcd works somewhere similar to other server-based
terminals (first call establishes an instance, subsequent calls use it).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.9
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages rxvt-unicode depends on:
ii base-passwd 3.5.11 Debian base system master password
hi libc6 2.3.6-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-5 GCC support library
ii libperl5.8 5.8.8-6 Shared Perl library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.4.2-3 X11 pixmap library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-4 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii ncurses-base 5.5-2 Descriptions of common terminal ty
rxvt-unicode recommends no packages.
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