GNU bug report logs - #76878
gnu: xinit: Fix broken mcookie path in startx.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: B. Wilson <elaexuotee <at> wilsonb.com>

Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 04:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: B. Wilson <elaexuotee <at> wilsonb.com>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: gnu: xinit: Fix broken mcookie path in startx.
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:23:41 +0900

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
The xinit upgrade to 1.4.3 introduced a large upstream changeset that ends up
breaking startx in a couple cases. This commit patches the upstream build to
1) let startx use mcookie, and 2) protect the injected mcookie path.


[0001-gnu-xinit-Fix-broken-mcookie-path-in-startx.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
This bug report was last modified 67 days ago.

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