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>

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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)]
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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: B. Wilson <elaexuotee <at> wilsonb.com>
Cc: 76878-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#76878] gnu: xinit: Fix broken mcookie path in startx.,
 [PATCH] gnu: xinit: Fix broken mcookie path in startx.
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:32:16 +0100

Hi,

B. Wilson <elaexuotee <at> wilsonb.com> skribis:

> From daef339310d7fe902623187ea5df19fc797d00d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: "B. Wilson" <elaexuotee <at> wilsonb.com>
> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 13:12:55 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: xinit: Fix broken mcookie path in startx.
>
> * gnu/packages/patches/xinit-startx-mcookie-path.patch: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register patch.
> * gnu/packages/xorg.scm (xinit)[source]: Add patch.

Applied.  Thanks for diving in the configure machinery of this thing!
:-)

Ludo’.
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