[PATCH xauth] Look for FamilyLocal if inet or inet6 address is loopback
If the address came from resolving a name, as in xhost +localhost,
then I like this. But if the address was specified directly, as in
xhost +::1, then I'd go so far as to say that adding FamilyLocal,
or, worse, replacing
Hi!
On August 14 I've reposted three patches for xauth to this mailing list.
I did so, because I had discovered that a 'Dr. Tilmann Bubeck' has added
himself as maintainer of the xauth package to the xorg/doc/xorg-docs/MAINTAINERS
file on Jan. 22 2013 - considering the change frequency of this
When there were complaints last year that no one was integrating xauth patches
since there was no maintainer, he volunteered to maintain it, so I let him try.
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-October/034079.html
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-December/034803.html
(Yes,
Hi Tilman,
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:28:14PM +0200, Dr. Tilmann Bubeck wrote:
Hi Egbert,
I developed a patch for xauth to fix some nasty problems. I first asked Alan
to apply the patch but he had not enough time to do it. So after some time
he gave me access to Xorg as a commiter (I
Egbert,
thanks a lot! I will try to look at them during the weekend.
Kind regards,
Tilmann
On 09/18/2013 11:32 PM, Egbert Eich wrote:
Hi Tilman,
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:28:14PM +0200, Dr. Tilmann Bubeck wrote:
Hi Egbert,
I developed a patch for xauth to fix some nasty problems. I
[PATCH xauth] Look for FamilyLocal if inet or inet6 address is loopback
Based solely on this description, I'd say this is a maybe.
If the address came from resolving a name, as in xhost +localhost,
then I like this. But if the address was specified directly, as in
xhost +::1, then I'd go so
Hi Egbert,
I developed a patch for xauth to fix some nasty problems. I first asked
Alan to apply the patch but he had not enough time to do it. So after
some time he gave me access to Xorg as a commiter (I certainly did not
do this on my own).
So my plan was to look after xauth, which I
