Bug#889720: xauth crashes when directory name matches host name

2022-04-01 Thread Larry Doolittle
My testing confirms this bug still applies to xauth-1:1.1-1 in Bullseye, as the status graphic indicates. Fixed upstream in xauth-1.1.1. I hope that version can be packaged in time for Bookworm -- it includes a number of subtle but important improvements. Looking at the upstream repo at

Bug#889720: xauth crashes when directory name matches host name

2018-02-06 Thread John Williams
Package: xauth Version: 1:1.0.10-1 Architecture: arm64 Running 'startx' on a machine named 'myhost' (aarch64), with a sub-directory named 'myhost' in my home directory: X starts very slowly, and I see the message: xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/john/.Xauthority