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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xinit and -DUNIXCONN
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Date: 12 Sep 90 22:26:52 GMT
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In article <9009121845.AA06252@NICOLLE.IAIMS.BCM.TMC.EDU>, dinah@WILKINS.BCM.TMC.EDU (Dinah McNutt Anderson) writes:
|> 1) What else is UNIXCONN used for? 

Among other things, Xlib uses UNIXCONN to determine whether or not to
support UNIX-domain sockets.

|> 2) Why is this the default? 

UNIX-domain sockets are usually the most efficient type of connection
so you want to support and use them when you can.

|> 3) What are the consequences of undefining it?

Xlib will not be able create UNIX-domain socket connections to the X server.

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