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Re: openssh needs rebuild for modular X transition


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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> I'm not talking about providing symlinks to all binaries in
> /usr/X11R6/bin, just xauth.  It's the one serious X application called
> from other applications for authentication purposes.  The current
> transition method breaks using older OpenSSH with newer X11 and vice
> versa.  That's why I think a symlink created in the postinstall script
> of the package providing xauth would be helpful.

I thought we only supported the latest release of packages anyway, and
AFAIK openssh is the only package outside of X11 that calls xauth.  But
I hear what you're saying and keep it in mind if the issue is raised.

> Ultimately it's your decision of course.

Once I dug further into the matter[1], I found that it doesn't help all
that much anyway unless I revert a change in XWin.  At least this will
make it possible, and not give people misleading warnings.

[1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2008-11/msg00154.html


Yaakov
Cygwin/X
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