Re: Packages not making it into testing

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Subject: Re: Packages not making it into testing
From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@valinux.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:03:41 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20010425103346.A6634@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>; from cech@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 10:33:46AM +0200
References: <[🔎] 20010425155315.A2149@azure.humbug.org.au> <[🔎] 20010425103346.A6634@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>

Previously Petr Cech wrote:
> that's new change in gtk 1.2.9 to disallow suid applications, which I find
> silly

It's not silly, it is an extremely good idea. I'm very pleasantly
surprised to hear that they did that.  It is basically not possible to
write safe suid X programs.

Wichert.

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