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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Can an R4 client bomb an R3 server ??
Message-ID: <1991Jan2.135209@wsl.dec.com>
Date: 2 Jan 91 21:52:09 GMT
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In article <104768@cc.utah.edu>, EYRING@cc.utah.edu writes:
|> Could X11R4 client calls to a X11R3 server cause the server to bomb,
|> especially the memory manager.

The X server should not crash because of any X protcol requests,
whether or not the client supports the same revision of the protocol.
Any such server crashes are bugs in your server.


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Ken Lee
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