Bug#1075963: x11-xserver-utils: xsetmode, xsetpointer obsolete
Control: severity -1 minor
On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 14:55:14 +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Source: x11-xserver-utils
> Severity: important
>
> Hi,
>
> In https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/02/3 upstream
> pointed out that xsetmode and xsetpointer are obsolete and do not
> receive any fixes.
> xsetpointer supposedly is broken since xorg-server 1.4.
>
> Please drop them from the package.
>
Is there a particular reason to make this bug important? Both are tiny
utilities, basically making a single X request, so from my point of view
while there's likely little to no usage there's also little cost to
keeping them.
Cheers,
Julien
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