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Bug 569250

Summary: net-misc/openssh[X] should rdepend on xhost for X forwarding
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Cedric Sodhi <manday>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323775
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Description Cedric Sodhi 2015-12-22 22:35:49 UTC
With xhost missing, programs on the X forwarded remote will fail with normal (-X) X forwarding instead of trusted (-Y) forwarding, if xhost is not installed on the client. I suggest it become a rdep under +X.