X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <492443CE.1020803@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:50:22 -0600 From: "Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: openssh needs rebuild for modular X transition References: <491FAB4A.6010608@users.sourceforge.net> <20081116181214.GA4097@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20081119103007.GA10351@calimero.vinschen.de> <20081119104901.GB10351@calimero.vinschen.de> <492434CD.1010804@users.sourceforge.net> <20081119162142.GK9927@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20081119162142.GK9927@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Corinna Vinschen wrote: > I'm not talking about providing symlinks to all binaries in > /usr/X11R6/bin, just xauth. It's the one serious X application called > from other applications for authentication purposes. The current > transition method breaks using older OpenSSH with newer X11 and vice > versa. That's why I think a symlink created in the postinstall script > of the package providing xauth would be helpful. I thought we only supported the latest release of packages anyway, and AFAIK openssh is the only package outside of X11 that calls xauth. But I hear what you're saying and keep it in mind if the issue is raised. > Ultimately it's your decision of course. Once I dug further into the matter[1], I found that it doesn't help all that much anyway unless I revert a change in XWin. At least this will make it possible, and not give people misleading warnings. [1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2008-11/msg00154.html Yaakov Cygwin/X -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkkkQ84ACgkQpiWmPGlmQSPlZwCghXdcS7koxXhXzInJWhLLoDwG GokAoO1jisj2W9ajRCJmmtfdrMzoE3EJ =C0iV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/