Re: Xorg ICE vs. Xfce4 (4.2-RC3) needs fixing /etc/rc.d/cleartmp

From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock_at_gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:15:10 +0100
On Friday, 7. January 2005 10:37, Rob wrote:

> What ever solution you guys decide, it has to be committed quickly.
> With Xfce's new release 4.2 coming soon, and apparently KDE is also having
> (or is going to have) problems here, a patch can't wait for too long.

[...]

> Maybe a temporary working patch would do.

KDE already has issues with it (see ports/UPDATING). However, I disagree about 
the quick-hack idea. Please fix this the right way. Jose's patches for the 
x11 ports look good to me, but xorg's primary maintainer isn't too hot about 
a ports-based solution, IIRC, and thus stalling things. Portmgr also knows 
about them, but I don't know if portmgr feels responsible.

In any case, this issue should be fixed correctly, and adding mkdirs/chmods to 
arbitrary startup scripts for diverse window managers and desktop 
environments is not the right way - even Jose's PRs or a default, 
base-system-created socketdir wouldn't be the real fix FWIW - Xorg introduced 
nothing but a plain blatant bug into libICE and relies on packagers and OS 
vendors to cover up for it - getting a fix into Xorg is probably really 
beyond the allowable timeframe though. That's why I myself am inclined 
towards implementing Jose's PRs, they put the workaround where the bug is.

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