This arrangement simplifies packaging of the upstream components and is more efficient, since xfree86-1 is the only component that requires recompiles for other architectures supported by Debian. Shipping with Debian 2.1 is XFree86 3.3.2.3. Debian is not vulnerable to this particular problem, but it is possible for the X server socket to be created in an inappropriate directory. While this is not an exploitable security problem, it is not correct behavior, and it has been corrected in the Debian release currently under development. While there is much to be done, several common questions are already answered in it.
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Like almost all Debian lists, it is archived . The full charter of the mailing list follows. This list is for the discussion and support of the X Window System within Debian. Issues of maintenance and porting of Debian's XFree86 packages are germane here, as are discussions of possible Debian policy mechanisms for ensuring the smooth interoperation of packages that use the X Window System, particularly widget sets, desktop environments, window managers, display managers, and packages that provide fonts for the X Window System. This section will be filled out more by the time potato is released.