On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 03:14:49PM -0800, Zack Weinberg wrote: > This patch moves the UNIX domain sockets created by the X server, the > font server, and XIM input methods from various .subdirs of /tmp to > /var/run/X11, which directory is created at boot time by the existing > xfree86-common init script. > > This change naturally has backward compatibility implications. There > are several cases to consider: > > * New client, old server (for any of the above): logic exists in the > Xtrans client code to try an old location if the socket is not found > in the new one, so this is not a problem. > > * New X server, old libX11: The boot script creates a symbolic link > from /tmp/.X11-unix to /var/run/X11, which should prevent any > trouble in this case. (Users who know they don't need this can > disable it.) > > * New font server or input method, old X server: This is unlikely to > come up, but the boot script can be edited to create more symlinks > if necessary. README.Debian documents this. > > I did not move the socket directory for libICE, because those sockets > get created by arbitrary users. The major point of moving sockets to > /var/run/X11 is that that directory can be mode 755. I can think of a > couple ways to get around that but they're all messy enough not to be > worth it. > > I also did not move /tmp/.X%d-lock as that would break cohabitation of > old and new X servers on the same host.
Any objections to my merging this for 4.3.0-0ds4? -- Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Trinity College, University of Melbourne
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