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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