[PATCH xserver] XDMCP: For IPv6 add IPv6 link local addresses to the end of the list

[Adam Jackson]

On Fri, 2016-04-29 at 11:22 +0200, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 09:40:05AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 15:21:15 +0200, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Reinhard Max <max at suse.de>
> > > 
> > > For IPv6 add a link local addresses to the end of the list passed to
> > > the XDMCP servers.
> > > Reason: for link local addresses the XDMCP server would need to either
> > > know the interface thru a scope identifier or try all available interfaces.
> > > If they don't this address will fail in which case the XDMCP server
> > > could still try the other addresses passed - however some only try
> > > the first address and then give up.
> > > Even if this seems to be the wrong place to fix this it seems to be
> > > easier than fixing all display servers.
> > 
> > Commit message says "add to the end of the list", code says "ignore",
> > which is it?
> 
> Good question. Maybe Reinhard still remembers. Meanwhile I found slightly
> different descriptions for the patch. Seems the patch changed in between.
> Sigh.

Ugh. I found this patch in the patchwork backlog and pushed it before
checking for this thread; reverted.

The logic in the patch does seem useful; is there a final version
you're shipping, and does Max remember the details yet?

- ajax