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| 36 | Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), |
36 | Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), |
| 37 | this still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like |
37 | this still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like |
| 38 | gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or |
38 | gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or |
| 39 | konsole (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after |
39 | konsole (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after |
| 40 | exit, plus half aminute of startup time, including the hundreds of |
40 | exit, plus half a minute of startup time, including the hundreds of |
| 41 | warnings it spits out), it fares extremely well *g*. |
41 | warnings it spits out), it fares extremely well *g*. |
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| 43 | Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? |
43 | Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? |
| 44 | Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: |
44 | Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: |
| 45 | I had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a |
45 | I had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a |
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| 101 | For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
101 | For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
| 102 | probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's |
102 | probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's |
| 103 | also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for |
103 | also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for |
| 104 | other users that might encounter the same issue. |
104 | other users that might encounter the same issue. |
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106 | I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any |
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107 | recommendation? |
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108 | You should build one binary with the default options. configure now |
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109 | enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them |
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110 | runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling |
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111 | them, except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl |
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112 | interpreter should be enabled, as important functionality (menus, |
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113 | selection, likely more in the future) depends on it. |
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115 | You should not overwrite the "perl-ext-common" snd "perl-ext" |
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116 | resources system-wide (except maybe with "defaults"). This will |
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117 | result in useful behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, |
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118 | add an empty "perl-ext-common" resource to the app-defaults file. |
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119 | This will keep the perl interpreter disabled until the user enables |
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120 | it. |
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122 | If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal |
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123 | one with "--disable-everything" (very useful) and a maximal one with |
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124 | "--enable-everything" (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot |
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125 | of encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely |
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126 | used). |
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128 | I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this |
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129 | safe? |
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130 | Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably |
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131 | not bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of |
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132 | freetype + fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode |
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133 | itself to all be secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options |
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134 | when it detects that it runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. |
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135 | Besides, with the embedded perl interpreter the possibility for |
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136 | security problems easily multiplies. |
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138 | Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on |
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139 | some systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra |
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140 | privileges for ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is |
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141 | planned to mvoe this into a forked handler process, but this is not |
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142 | yet done. |
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144 | So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on |
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145 | your typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always |
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146 | remember that its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked |
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147 | for security issues regularly. |
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| 106 | When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
149 | When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
| 107 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely |
150 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely |
| 108 | available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same |
151 | available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same |
| 109 | problem often arises). |
152 | problem often arises). |
