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Bug#476265: xinit: use /etc/default for -nolisten tcp in /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc



severity 476265 wishlist
tag 476265 wontfix
kthxbye

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 16:30:13 +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:

> 	The default installation of /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc reads:
> 
> 	    exec /usr/bin/X11/X -nolisten tcp
> 
> 	 The default settings understandably block the TCP
> 	 connections, but offer no easy way to have local settings --
> 	 other than modifying the file directly; which unfortunately
> 	 would cause conflicts during upgrade.
> 
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc is a configuration file.  You're free to change
it.  Adding a new file in /etc/default for every conffile on the system
just because people might want to change them sounds like a bad idea to
me.

Cheers,
Julien



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