X11vnc-0.9.6 (version update and tcp wrappers support)

Question

# $Id$
# Maintainer: unmaintained
pkgname=x11vnc
pkgver=0.9.6
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="a VNC server for real X displays"
arch=("i686" "x86_64")
license=("GPL2")
#source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libvncserver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
url="http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/"
source=("$url/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz")
depends=('openssl' 'libjpeg' 'zlib' 'libx11' 'libxtst' 'libxinerama' 'libxdamage' 'libxrandr' 'avahi')
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
env CPPFLAGS=-DUSE_LIBWRAP LDFLAGS=-lwrap ./configure
make || return 1
make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install || return 1
md5sums=('2d5a80271a11230ab8b26d10f0c5b563')
the daemon name for /etc/hosts.deny /etc/hosts.allow is vnc
Last edited by metalfan (2008-12-13 18:40:14)

Answer 1

Tea2 wrote:
graysky wrote:@Tea2 - I think it's due to the staleness of the package as well as the need for the devs to provide extra work just to keep the rest of the packages functional working around it.  I think ufw is a pretty good alternative.
Forgive my ignorance but what sort of work are you talking about? Surely, the work needed to keep a package working with another is upstream work, with the package maintainers ensuring that the dependencies are in order?
On the issue of alternatives, personally I hate iptables. It's more complex than it needs to be; the process of adding a single rule is a little bit tricky. Then there's no assurance it actually worked, since the syntax of a single command is a little bit confusing. I have no real issue with iptables other than it's ugly. Since Arch is based on the KISS philosophy, should we not keep the hosts files based on their simplicity? I have not used ufw, but I've checked it out in the wiki and it actually looks pretty good and I think I'll get it installed on my VPS asap so I can start experimenting with it.
I can understand removing tcp_wrappers from the default installation stack, but completely removing the option is going too far. I'm sure it can be quite comfortable in [extra] or something.
I imagine that there are many users that feel the same way that you do, so I recommend putting it into the AUR.