Bug#587542: x11-xserver-utils: please split out xhost

[Will Set <debiandunes@yahoo.com>]

--- On Tue, 6/29/10, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:

> From: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>
> Subject: Bug#587542: x11-xserver-utils: please split out xhost
> To: submit@bugs.debian.org
> Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 12:40 PM
> Package: x11-xserver-utils
> Version: 7.5+1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the xhost tool is something very dangerous and users have a
> strong
> tendency to abuse it by following stupid documentations
> that ask them to
> do “xhost +”.

Is the warning given in the package description insufficient?

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/x11-xserver-utils

> 
> Please split it out in a separate package so that it can be
> uninstalled
> and avoid a lot of security problems.
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
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