ANNOUNCE: x11-ssh-askpass v1.2.1

[Jim Knoble]

x11-ssh-askpass version 1.2.1 (code name: Fatoomsh) is now available
from the following locations:

  http://www.jmknoble.cx/software/x11-ssh-askpass/
  http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/

x11-ssh-askpass is a passphrase dialog for use with OpenSSH
(www.openssh.com) under the X Window System.

The important changes since version 1.2.1 are as follows:

  - Added a 'configure' script to make installation easier; uses the
    expected options (--prefix, --libexecdir, etc.) and allows you to
    decide whether and where to install the application defaults file.
    See the "Installing" section of the README for details.

  - I give in. Some operating platforms (e.g., SunOS 4) are broken and
    don't support 'realloc(NULL, <size>)'. I've modified dynlist.c to
    allow them to work anyway.

If you're using x11-ssh-askpass on such a broken operating platform,
here are the steps to take:

  (1) Configure and build x11-ssh-askpass as usual.  No patches
      necessary.

  (2) Find your Barry Manilow karaoke CD.  If you don't have a Barry
      Manilow karaoke CD, find either a BeeGees album on 8-track or a
      Wang Chung album (any one will do) on your favorite medium.
      Insert into your CD-ROM drive (you may have to cut and/or flatten
      to fit).

  (3) Install x11-ssh-askpass according to the regular instructions.

  (4) Call your OS vendor's technical or customer support line.

  (5) The following day, when you finally get a support rep on the
      line, immediately set your system to self-destruct mode with a
      5-minute pre-detonation sequence:

        su
        touch /etc/nologin
        countdown 300; halt -D now

  (6) Commit harakiri.  Make certain you perform this step such that
      neither your head nor your internal fluids hit the keyboard; that
      might cause the pre-detonation sequence to abort.  Be sure to
      inform the support rep why you are committing harakiri.  Offer to
      sing the rep a Barry Manilow tune while passing the tanto through
      your major internal organs (but before your standing-at-the-ready
      colleague cuts off your head with the katana).[*]

  (7) Done.

  ________________

  [*] If you used the BeeGees or Wang Chung instead of Barry Manilow in
      step 2, don't offer to sing.  Not only would it be too much for
      the phone rep on top of their experiencing your suicide live over
      the telephone, but in your weakened state it would be likely to
      kill you instantly, preventing you from properly completing this
      step.

Cheers.  ;)

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jim knoble | jmknoble at jmknoble.cx | http://www.jmknoble.cx/