Bug#149482: marked as done (xfree86-common: FAQ: Why am I not able to run 'startx' as a non-root user?)
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Subject: Re: [COLUG] X and local (non-root) clients
From: Colin Walters <walters@debian.org>
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On Sat, 2002-06-08 at 23:33, Dave Maxwell wrote:
> When I've installed X in Debian, I seem to recall something about allowing
> console users. I believe it installs (xkg)dm as a default and recommends
> disallowing console logins although you could choose otherwise. I've used
> the rescue/root sets from Woody on these installs.
It's a normal priority debconf question, and it defaults to "Console
Users Only" (at least in version 4.1.0-17), and I don't see anything in
the changelog.Debian about the default changing. So Peter must have
chosen "Root Only" at the prompt.
> will produce those prompts again. I think this is a case of not being to
> RTFM because one isn't sure where or which the FM is. If Colin got this from
> documentation, I'd like to know too. I'm going to be bringing some new
> Debian users along this year and need to cover just how to RTFM.
Actually, I just recalled it from a discussion on IRC a while back.
However, Branden (the Debian X maintainer) has quite a reputation for
documenting things well, so I took a look through the relevant bits (in
/usr/share/doc/xfree86-common), but I couldn't find anything relevant.
Well, I'll just submit this message as a minor bug. Branden, could you
add an entry to /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ? I'm thinking
something like:
*) Why am I not able to run "startx" as a non-root user?
In the Debian packages of XFree86, some important variables affecting
the startup of the X server are located in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config. In
this particular case, you must change the option "allowed_users" to
either "console" or "anybody". See Xwrapper.config(5) for more
information and examples.
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Subject: Bug#149482: fixed in xfree86 4.2.1-10
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We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xfree86, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
lbxproxy_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/lbxproxy_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
libdps-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/libdps-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
libdps1-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/libdps1-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
libdps1_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/libdps1_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
libxaw6-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/libxaw6-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
libxaw6-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/libxaw6-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
libxaw6_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/libxaw6_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
libxaw7-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/libxaw7-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
libxaw7-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/libxaw7-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
libxaw7_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/libxaw7_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
proxymngr_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/proxymngr_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
twm_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/twm_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
x-window-system-core_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/x-window-system-core_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
x-window-system_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/x-window-system_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xbase-clients_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xbase-clients_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xdm_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xdm_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xfonts-100dpi-transcoded_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfonts-100dpi-transcoded_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xfonts-100dpi_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfonts-100dpi_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xfonts-75dpi-transcoded_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfonts-75dpi-transcoded_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xfonts-75dpi_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfonts-75dpi_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xfonts-base-transcoded_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfonts-base-transcoded_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xfonts-base_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfonts-base_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xfonts-cyrillic_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfonts-cyrillic_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xfonts-scalable_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfonts-scalable_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xfree86-common_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfree86-common_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xfree86_4.2.1-10.diff.gz
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfree86_4.2.1-10.diff.gz
xfree86_4.2.1-10.dsc
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfree86_4.2.1-10.dsc
xfs_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfs_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xfwp_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xfwp_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibmesa-dev_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibmesa-dev_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xlibmesa-gl-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibmesa-gl-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibmesa-glu-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibmesa-glu-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibmesa3-dbg_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibmesa3-dbg_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xlibmesa3-gl-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibmesa3-gl-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibmesa3-gl_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibmesa3-gl_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibmesa3-glu-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibmesa3-glu-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibmesa3-glu_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibmesa3-glu_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibmesa3_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibmesa3_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xlibosmesa-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibosmesa-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibosmesa3-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibosmesa3-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibosmesa3_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibosmesa3_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibs-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibs-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibs-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibs-dev_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibs-pic_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibs-pic_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xlibs_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xlibs_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xmh_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xmh_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xnest_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xnest_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xprt_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xprt_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xserver-common_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xserver-common_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xserver-xfree86-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xserver-xfree86-dbg_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xserver-xfree86_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xserver-xfree86_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xspecs_4.2.1-10_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xspecs_4.2.1-10_all.deb
xterm_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xterm_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xutils_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xutils_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
xvfb_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/x/xfree86/xvfb_4.2.1-10_powerpc.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 149482@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> (supplier of updated xfree86 package)
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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:58:08 -0500
Source: xfree86
Binary: xlibmesa3-gl xserver-common libxaw7-dbg xlibmesa-glu-dev xbase-clients twm xlibmesa3-dbg xfonts-scalable xfonts-75dpi libdps1-dbg xmh libxaw6-dbg xfwp xlibs xlibosmesa3-dbg xlibmesa3-glu libdps-dev xserver-xfree86-dbg xlibmesa-dev xserver-xfree86 libdps1 proxymngr xlibmesa3-glu-dbg xfonts-base-transcoded xlibmesa-gl-dev libxaw6-dev lbxproxy xfonts-cyrillic xlibmesa3-gl-dbg x-window-system-core xutils xspecs xlibs-pic x-window-system xfree86-common xfs xlibmesa3 xfonts-base xlibs-dbg libxaw7-dev xnest xfonts-100dpi-transcoded libxaw6 xfonts-100dpi xterm xfonts-75dpi-transcoded xprt xlibosmesa-dev xvfb libxaw7 xlibosmesa3 xdm xlibs-dev
Architecture: source powerpc all
Version: 4.2.1-10
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
Changed-By: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
Description:
lbxproxy - Low Bandwidth X (LBX) proxy server
libdps-dev - Display PostScript (DPS) client library development files
libdps1 - Display PostScript (DPS) client library
libdps1-dbg - Display PostScript (DPS) client library (unstripped)
libxaw6 - X Athena widget set library (version 6)
libxaw6-dbg - X Athena widget set library (version 6) (unstripped)
libxaw6-dev - X Athena widget set library development files (version 6)
libxaw7 - X Athena widget set library
libxaw7-dbg - X Athena widget set library (unstripped)
libxaw7-dev - X Athena widget set library development files
proxymngr - X proxy services manager
twm - Tab window manager
x-window-system - X Window System
x-window-system-core - X Window System core components
xbase-clients - miscellaneous X clients
xdm - X display manager
xfonts-100dpi - 100 dpi fonts for X
xfonts-100dpi-transcoded - 100 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1)
xfonts-75dpi - 75 dpi fonts for X
xfonts-75dpi-transcoded - 75 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1)
xfonts-base - standard fonts for X
xfonts-base-transcoded - standard fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1)
xfonts-cyrillic - Cyrillic fonts for X
xfonts-scalable - scalable fonts for X
xfree86-common - X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
xfs - X font server
xfwp - X firewall proxy server
xlibmesa-dev - XFree86 Mesa development libraries pseudopackage
xlibmesa-gl-dev - Mesa 3D graphics library development files [XFree86]
xlibmesa-glu-dev - Mesa OpenGL utility library development files [XFree86]
xlibmesa3 - XFree86 Mesa libraries pseudopackage
xlibmesa3-dbg - XFree86 Mesa unstripped libraries pseudopackage
xlibmesa3-gl - Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86]
xlibmesa3-gl-dbg - Mesa 3D graphics library (unstripped) [XFree86]
xlibmesa3-glu - Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree86]
xlibmesa3-glu-dbg - Mesa OpenGL utility library (unstripped) [XFree86]
xlibosmesa-dev - Mesa off-screen rendering library development files [XFree86]
xlibosmesa3 - Mesa off-screen rendering library [XFree86]
xlibosmesa3-dbg - Mesa off-screen rendering library (unstripped) [XFree86]
xlibs - X Window System client libraries
xlibs-dbg - X Window System client libraries (unstripped)
xlibs-dev - X Window System client library development files
xlibs-pic - X Window System client extension library PIC archives
xmh - X interface to the MH mail system
xnest - nested X server
xprt - X print server (XFree86 version)
xserver-common - files and utilities common to all X servers
xserver-xfree86 - the XFree86 X server
xserver-xfree86-dbg - the XFree86 X server (static version with debugging symbols)
xspecs - X protocol, extension, and library technical specifications
xterm - X terminal emulator
xutils - X Window System utility programs
xvfb - virtual framebuffer X server
Closes: 138195 149482 164021 181579 195418 195845 199830 200699 201586 201750 203460 203470 206141
Changes:
xfree86 (4.2.1-10) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* patch #000_stolen_from_HEAD_xlib: fix for buffer overflow in
_XlcLocaleDirName(); privileged binaries ignore the XLOCALEDIR
environment variable and are not vulnerable (Closes: #201750)
.
* debian/scripts/manifest-install-reconcile: new script to help keep
MANIFEST and *.install* files in sync
.
* debian/scripts/patch.{apply,unapply}: set LC_COLLATE=C to ensure that
patches are applied in the correct order
.
* use manifest-install-reconcile script to find and fix several bugs in
*.install* files:
- xlibs-dev.install.{,netbsd-i386,s390}: ship several missing extension
header files: XLbx.h, bigreqstr.h, extutil.h, mitmiscstr.h,
multibufst.h, shapestr.h, shmstr.h, syncstr.h, xcmiscstr.h, xteststr.h
- xserver-xfree86.install.hppa: ship tdfx manpage
- xserver-xfree86.install.mips: ship XFree86 manpage
- xserver-xfree86.install.mipsel: stop shipping ati manpage (fixes FTBFS);
ship dmc, penmount, and r128 manpages (Closes: #199830)
- xserver-xfree86.install.{sh3,sh4}: ship citron manpage
- xserver-xfree86.install.sparc: ship calcomp, dmc, hyperpen, and penmount
drivers
- xutils.install{,powerpc}: ship darwinLib.{rules,tmpl} Imake
configuration files
- xutils.install.arm: ship luit and scanpci programs, their manpages, and
darwinLib.{rules,tmpl} Imake configuration files
- xutils.install.{m68k,s390}: ship luit program, its manpage, and
darwinLib.{rules,tmpl} Imake configuration files
.
* debian/control: bump Standards-Version to 3.6.0
.
* debian/xserver-xfree86-dbg.install: install the XFree86(1x) manpage as
XFree86-debug(1x) in this package; cannot use a symlink because
xserver-xfree86-dbg does not depend on xserver-xfree86 (recommends it
instead), and dangling manpage symlinks are extremely annoying
.
* debian/{xbase-clients,xdm,xprt}.links: remove links to undocumented
manpage; that practice is no longer countenanced by Debian Policy
.
* debian/{xdm,xfs}.{posinst,postrm,prerm}.in: use $THIS_PACKAGE variable to
drive calls to update-rc.d and invoke-rc.d
.
* debian/xfree86-common.postinst.in: don't use $THIS_PACKAGE to construct
the path to the init script; this confuses lintian, triggering several
spurious warnings and errors
.
* debian/po/fr.po: update French debconf template translations (thanks,
Christian Perrier) (Closes: #203470)
.
* debian/xterm.postinst.in: only remove the obsolete old xterm alternative
if it is in fact registered; this shouldn't be necessary, but
update-alternatives is buggy, easily confused, and prone to wreak random
havoc (based on a patch by Eduard Bloch -- thanks!) (Closes: #164021)
.
* Fix my misunderstanding of how to use dh_install.
- debian/{libdps1-dbg.install,libxaw6-dbg.install,libxaw7-dbg.install,
xlibmesa3-gl-dbg.install,xlibmesa3-glu-dbg.install,
xlibosmesa3-dbg.install,xlibs-dbg.install}: destinations should be
directories, not filenames (Closes: #201586)
- rules: install the XFree86(1x) manpage as XFree86-debug(1x) in the
xserver-xfree86-dbg package
.
* debian/rules: update list of packages not to strip to reflect
xlibmesa3-dbg's split into xlibmesa3-gl-dbg and xlibmesa-glu-dbg
.
* debian/xserver-xfree86.config.in: explicitly assume the number of
autodetected video cards, corresponding X servers and drivers are zero,
and that the user does not have a multihead config; and do not let
discover trick wc into interpreting a blank line as a detected video card
(based on a patch by Nikita V. Youshchenko -- thanks!) (Closes: #195418)
.
* Be cognizant of different scheduling behavior in Linux >= 2.5.
- debian/xserver-common.config.in: if the user is running Linux > 2.5 at
the time this package is configured for the first time, set the default
nice value to 0 instead of -10
- debian/xserver-common.templates: advise users of Linux with O(1)
scheduler to use a nice value of zero; also, remove the default setting
for the corresponding template so that a default is set only by the
config script
.
* debian/local/xserver-wrapper.c: chdir() to the directory where the X
server symlink is kept before executing its target, so that relative
symlinks work (Closes: #138195)
.
* debian/local/dexconf: write out non-standard modelines built-in to the
XFree86 4.x server to XF86Config files for XFree86 3.x servers
.
* debian/local/{Xsession,Xsession.d/*}: fix X session handling bug when a
specific program is handed to the /etc/X11/Xsession script where that
program would get ignored in favor of a user's $HOME/.[Xx]session file;
while I was at it, fixed a lot of confusing variable names that led to
this logic error in the first place, and add some explanatory comments to
the elaborate fallback procedure, though this duplicates the content of
Xsession(5) (based on a patch by Frank Murphy -- thanks!)
(Closes: #195845)
.
* debian/xserver-xfree86.config.in: also issue debugging output if the
DEBCONF_DEBUG environment variable is set to a non-null value, and prefix
debugging messages with a proper identifier of what is issuing them rather
than the relatively unhelpful "DEBUG:"
.
* Help people find the X Strike Force on the web:
- debian/local/README.Debian-upgrade: provide the X Strike Force's URL
(Closes: #203460)
- debian/local/FAQ: update the X Strike Force's URL
.
* debian/local/Xsession.options.5: fix missing-word typo
.
* debian/local/*.[0-9]: "I SEE UNESCAPED HYPHENS!"; update all
Debian-authored manpages to properly escape ASCII 45 ("-", "HYPHEN-MINUS")
characters so that groff interprets them as dashes instead of hyphens
(they're actually used as dashes, so that's what we should be telling
groff they are, eh?)
.
* debian/local/*: update all GNU GPL copyright boilerplates to be consisent
(have correct address for the FSF; refer people to
/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL; tweak the noses of the Hurd-haters by
saying "the Debian operating system" instead of "the Debian GNU/Linux
system", and so forth)
.
* debian/local/FAQ: add new question by Colin Walters; "Why am I not able to
run "startx" as a non-root user?" (thanks, Colin!) (Closes: #149482)
.
* debian/local/FAQ: add more information about left-handed mouse use for gpm
users, courtesy of Osamu Aoki (Closes: #181579)
.
* xserver-common's postinst script no longer needs to ensure sanity of the X
server's socket directory since xfree86-common's init script does that
now.
- debian/control: increment xserver-common's versioned dependency on
xfree86-common from (>> 4.2) to (>= 4.2.1-5) so we can rely on its init
script to handle the server's socket directory for us
- debian/xserver-common.postinst.in: stop manipulating X server socket
directory
.
* Migrate away from the hated-and-reviled "manage <file> with debconf?"
technique of handling the /etc/X11/X, /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, and
/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config non-conffile configuration file, and to a
proto-ucf style of handling:
- debian/xserver-common.templates: drop the
xserver-common/manage_config_with_debconf and
xserver-common/move_existing_nondebconf_config templates
- debian/xserver-common.config.in: stop asking the now-deleted questions
and stop manipulating files based on the answers
- debian/xserver-common.preinst.in: when upgrading from xserver-common <
4.2.1-10, check value of xserver-common/manage_config_with_debconf; if
it is true; attempt to back up and store md5sum of existing
Xwrapper.config file in /var/lib/xfree86; unregister the now-deleted
questions
- debian/xserver-common.postinst.in: automatically update the
Xwrapper.config file (based on the values of the debconf templates) if
and only if:
+ the file exists;
+ the MD5 checksum file exists;
+ the MD5 checksum of the current version of the file matches the
stored checksum (indicating that the file hasn't changed since we last
touched it); and
+ the newly written file actually differs from the existing one
- debian/xserver-common.postrm.in: on purge, remove the Xwrapper.config
checksum file; remove Xwrapper.config as well, but only if it matches
the stored checksum; remove parent directories of conffiles and
configuration files if possible
- debian/xserver-xfree86.templates: drop the
shared/clobber_x-server_symlink,
xserver-xfree86/manage_config_with_debconf, and
xserver-xfree86/move_existing_nondebconf_config templates
- debian/xserver-xfree86.config.in:
+ stop asking the now-delted questions and stop manipulating files based
on the answers
+ cap question priorities at medium if the configuration file we'd write
based on the answers already exists (i.e., assume existing defaults
are "reasonable" per debconf(7))
- debian/xserver-xfree86.preinst.in: when upgrading from xserver-xfree86
< 4.2.1-10, check value of shared/clobber_x-server_symlink and if it is
true, attempt to store md5sum of symlink target's pathname in
/var/lib/xfree86; check value of
xserver-xfree86/manage_config_with_debconf and if it is true, attempt to
store md5sum of existing XF86Config-4 in /var/lib/xfree86; unregister
the now-deleted questions
- debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst.in: automatically update the /etc/X11/X
symlink and XF86Config-4 file if and only if:
+ the file exists;
+ the MD5 checksum file exists;
+ the MD5 checksum of the current version of the file matches the
stored checksum (indicating that the file hasn't changed since we last
touched it); and
+ the newly written file actually differs from the existing one
- debian/xserver-xfree86.postrm.in: on purge, remove the /etc/X11/X
symlink and XF86Config-4 file checksums; remove the files themselves if
they match the stored checksum; remove parent directories of conffiles
and configuration files if possible
- debian/local/FAQ:
+ new question: "How do the XFree86 packages manage their non-conffile
configuration files like /etc/X11/X, /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config, and
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4?"
+ updated question: "How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated
XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?"
- debian/local/dexconf:
+ support new option -f | --format, which writes XF86Config file in
selected format (XFree86 3.x or 4.x)
+ use getopt(1) for option handling
+ update comment header when writing 4.x format configuration files to
reflect the new scheme of things
+ only mess with "DEBCONF SECTION" stuff if writing a 3.x format
configuration file
- debian/local/dexconf.1:
+ document new behavior
+ update "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" section
- debian/local/dexlet/main.py: only mess with the obsolete debconf
templates when configuring an XFree86 3.x X server
- debian/control: for xserver-xfree86 and xserver-xfree86-dbg, tighten the
versioning of the dependency on xserver-common to (>= 4.2.1-10); these
packages' postinst scripts use functionality that was broken in earlier
versions of dexconf
.
* Add technique for deciding when to purge non-conffile configuration files;
maintain a roster file corresponding to the config file, for which each
interested package adds its name on package configuration, and removes it
on package purge.
- debian/xserver-{common,xfree86}.postinst.in: if the roster file for each
non-conffile config file doesn't already list this package on
configuration, add it to the roster
- debian/xserver-{common,xfree86}.postrm.in: on purge, remove this
package's name from each non-conffile config file's roster file (if that
leaves no packages managing a config file, look for a stored MD5
checksum of the config file; if that matches the current config file,
remove the config file; finally, remove the checksum file)
.
* debian/xserver-{common,xfree86}.config.in: input validation errors in the
package config scripts are now presented with "critical" priority
.
* New workaround for optimized-code-generation bug in early versions of GCC
3.3.
- debian/control: add build-conflict with gcc-3.3 (<< 3.3.2-0pre1)
(rationale: not using a versioned build-depends because the code
generation bug is limited to packages of GCC 3.3 prior to that version,
and there's no reason this package can't be built with GCC 3.2, for
example)
- debian/rules: revert kludge that forced optimization level to -O
.
* debian/{xdm.{config,postinst,prerm}.in,xfree86-common.{config,postinst}.in,
xserver-common.{config,postinst,preinst}.in},
xserver-xfree86.{config,postinst,prerm},local/dexconf: be sure to source
the debconf confmodule *before* setting any variables local to the
maintainer script; the way confmodule works causes the values of any
unexported variables already set to be lost (I tremble at how many subtle
bugs and how much wacky behavior must have been caused by this). Thanks
to Eduard Bloch for noticing odd dexconf behavior which led me to this
realization.
.
* Perform log rotation on xdm's log file. (Closes: #200699)
- debian/rules: invoke dh_installlogrotate in binary-arch target
- debian/xdm.logrotate: new; log rotation policy file (thanks, Matt Swift)
.
* debian/po/*: update templates.pot and *.po files to reflect changes to
debconf templates
.
* debian/patches/002_xdm_fixes.diff: in auth.c:openFiles(), check the return
value of fopen() so that we don't SEGV when setting up an X authority file
in /tmp because we couldn't write one in $HOME (based on a patch by Neil
Brown -- thanks!) (Closes: #206141)
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