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Altoid

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Registered: 2017-05-07

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xorg-server 21.1.9 - Security fix release

Hello:

Just got this in my inbox.
As always, Good to see that things 'X11' are rolling along steadily.

Best,

A.

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This release contains fixes for CVE-2023-5367 and CVE-2023-5380 as
reported in today's security advisory:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-annou … 03430.html

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Additionally, the server now uses libbsd-overlay instead of libbsd.

Adam Jackson (1):
      present: Send a PresentConfigureNotify event for destroyed windows

Peter Hutterer (3):
      Xi/randr: fix handling of PropModeAppend/Prepend
      mi: reset the PointerWindows reference on screen switch
      xserver 21.1.9

Sam James (1):
      Switch to libbsd-overlay

git tag: xorg-server-21.1.9

https://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/in … 1.9.tar.gz
SHA256: 455ac22c411b3e74adb4d1b3fd48b9037b6b5ba9260247c59b669f67a08fd26e  xorg-server-21.1.9.tar.gz
SHA512: 4db11c3241c135e4acd3c83fb740248f0e645f2be19c28c398d9d3ef5e4ee68d53ccc61c1d48ffe7fdd5e7fa78cd294ebaaf3f35cd2d5acfb1d9af1277b8a42e  xorg-server-21.1.9.tar.gz
PGP:  https://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/in … tar.gz.sig

https://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/in … 1.9.tar.xz
SHA256: ff697be2011b4c4966b7806929e51b7a08e9d33800d505305d26d9ccde4b533a  xorg-server-21.1.9.tar.xz
SHA512: 9044e1b9222616fb63aea444b75f4ca6582edb7d899018f8ea30359e57edf04b1555e69397ebc4d288f7e36d6b82a54dde3895f11d414573d229e908ac17bfe8  xorg-server-21.1.9.tar.xz
PGP:  https://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/in … tar.xz.sig

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UnixMan1230

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Registered: 2023-10-21

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Re: xorg-server 21.1.9 - Security fix release

Huh, nice to see Xorg is still being worked on upstream to some extent, in spite of some of the Devs working on wayland.

Last edited by UnixMan1230 (2023-10-25 17:40:19)

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zapper

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Registered: 2017-05-29

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Re: xorg-server 21.1.9 - Security fix release

Wayland is much like systemd, in the sense that its being forced down people's throats when the better thing to do would be to send it packing. Bullies tend to force stuff down peoples' throats.

Systemd
dbus
wayland
pulseaudio
pipewire
avahi
networkmanager
java
etc...

When something depends on a library connected to the above yet would work otherwise if the devs weren't so stupid and made it a forced dependency despite not needing it, that is a sign that you are dealing with a bully trying to manipulate and control you into using what they want you to use when they should just get lost instead.

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stopAI

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Re: xorg-server 21.1.9 - Security fix release

Wayland is much like systemd

No, it is not.

forced down people's throats

No one is forcing you to use it. And if it was decided by a transnational company like Red Hat, that's another matter.

zapper

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Re: xorg-server 21.1.9 - Security fix release

It is like systemd in that its being pushed hard and its buggy supposedly too.

As for the more problematic parts of systemd, you are correct that wayland isn't like systemd in those ways.

Still, its mega buggy and for this reason, I will avoid it as long as possible.

If you don't think its being pushed hard, try to remove wayland and its libraries completely from devuan and see how that goes. Hint, it will remove way too much!

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stopAI

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Re: xorg-server 21.1.9 - Security fix release

Still, its mega buggy and for this reason, I will avoid it as long as possible.

I have been using wayland for over a year on Artix linux with s6 init. I've also been using Wayland since the release of Devuan Daedalus. I can say only one thing - if you use open source video card drivers, there will be no problems. Everything works fine. And I'll repeat it again - Wayland is independent of systemd....

Last edited by stopAI (2024-01-27 11:58:24)