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| 62 | memory. |
62 | memory. |
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| 64 | Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this |
64 | Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this |
| 65 | still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal |
65 | still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal |
| 66 | (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra |
66 | (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra |
| 67 | 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half aminute of |
67 | 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of |
| 68 | startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares |
68 | startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares |
| 69 | extremely well *g*. |
69 | extremely well *g*. |
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| 71 | =item Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? |
71 | =item Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? |
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| 132 | For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
132 | For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
| 133 | probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a |
133 | probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a |
| 134 | bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that |
134 | bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that |
| 135 | might encounter the same issue. |
135 | might encounter the same issue. |
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137 | =item I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation? |
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139 | You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure> |
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140 | now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them |
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141 | runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them, |
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142 | except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should |
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143 | be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in |
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144 | the future) depends on it. |
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146 | You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> snd C<perl-ext> resources |
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147 | system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful |
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148 | behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty |
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149 | C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the |
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150 | perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it. |
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152 | If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal |
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153 | one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with |
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154 | C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of |
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155 | encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used). |
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157 | =item I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe? |
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159 | Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably |
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160 | not bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of |
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161 | freetype + fontconfig + xft + xlib + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to all be |
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162 | secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it detects that it |
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163 | runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. |
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165 | Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on some |
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166 | systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra privileges for |
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167 | ptys, but some need it for utmp support). If rxvt-unicode doesn't support |
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168 | the library/setuid helper that your OS needs I'll be happy to assist you |
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169 | in implementing support for it. |
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171 | So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on your |
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172 | typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always remember that |
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173 | its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked for security issues |
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174 | regularly. |
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| 137 | =item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
176 | =item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
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| 139 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available |
178 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available |
| 140 | as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). |
179 | as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). |
