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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: how do i get rid of kdeinit dominating program names - entirely
From:       Yves Glodt <yg () mind ! lu>
Date:       2004-08-31 16:54:37
Message-ID: 200408311854.52538.yg () mind ! lu
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On Tuesday 31 August 2004 17:04, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> kdeinit is great, i am sure: it allows a speed-up of kde programs.
>
> there are alternative methods of doing speed-up, such as prelink.
>
> kdeinit is therefore more of a problem than it is a solution.
>
> 1) under SE/Linux, rules are created on a per-program basis.
>
>    if kdeinit is _the_ only program, it is impossible to create
>    proper policy files defining what program can run what, if they
>    are all called kdeinit.
>
>    therefore, kdeinit must die.

I suggest you to file a wishlist item at http://bugs.kde.org , this way 
other people can vote for it...

regards,
Yves

> 2) under FireFlier, it is possible to create per-program firewall
> rules.
>
>    if kdeinit is _the_ only program, it is impossible to create
> proper per-program firewall rules if they are all called kdeinit.
>
>    therefore, kdeinit must die.
>
> defining KDE_IS_PRELINKED is insufficient.
>
> KDE_IS_PRELINKED gets rid of _some_ uses of kdeinit.
>
> however it doesn't get rid of kdeinit kip_imap4.
>
> it doesn't get rid of kdeinit kio_file.
>
> i cannot do a firewall rule for kmail under FireFlier to allow
> only kmail (or kontact) to only be allowed SMTP outgoing traffic
> because this stupid kdeinit program runs the SMTP traffic, not
> kmail.
>
> so i have to grant kdeinit access to ports 80 and 443 for
> konqueror-usage, ports 25, 110 and 143 for kmail usage,
> and that's just not good enough.
>
> so.
>
> how do i kill kdeinit?
>
> how do i put a bullet in kdeinit's head?
>
> what ./configure compile-time options do i use to twist its
> neck and sever its head from the rest of the kde desktop?
>
> l.

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