[Xcb] [PATCH libxcb] Fallback to TCP if no protocol is specified and the UNIX connection fails

Josh Triplett josh at joshtriplett.org
Tue Feb 28 12:45:56 PST 2012


On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 09:01:39PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 17:40:39 +0100, Uli Schlachter wrote:
> 
> > On 27.02.2012 23:01, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 14:36:42 -0800, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> > > 
> > >> Can we delay the libX11 change until this is in a tagged libxcb (and
> > >> have libX11 require that version to avoid regression)?  All the
> > >> changes currently on xcb/libxcb master look 1.8.1 worthy, so perhaps
> > >> we can push this one into the mix and get a 1.8.1 this week.
> > >>
> > > It's been a week, can I have that libxcb 1.8.1 now? :)
> > 
> > Could the MSG_WAITALL bug[0] be fixed first?
> > The problem has been identified, we just need someone to actually submit a
> > patch. Preferably someone with access to a BSD box.
> > 
> Well, I posted a URL to the patch I used in the bug.  I can certainly
> send the patch directly to the list if it helps, but the fix is pretty
> trivial...

Ideally I'd suggest using a version of the patch that only removes the
use of MSG_WAITALL that actually breaks things, leaving the other use
that works fine as an optimization.

- Josh Triplett


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