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authorMarc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>2022-03-25 14:45:39 +0400
committerSimon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>2022-07-15 16:26:54 +0100
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spec: AF_UNIX now available on Windows as well
Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
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@@ -3661,10 +3661,8 @@
fields).
</para>
<para>
- Unix domain sockets are not available on Windows.
- On all other platforms, they are the recommended transport for
- D-Bus, either used alone or in conjunction with
- <link linkend="transports-systemd">systemd</link> or
+ They are the recommended transport for D-Bus, either used alone or in
+ conjunction with <link linkend="transports-systemd">systemd</link> or
<link linkend="transports-launchd">launchd</link> addresses.
</para>
<para>
@@ -3965,14 +3963,6 @@
information on situations where these transports have been used,
and alternatives to these transports.
</para>
- <para>
- Implementations of D-Bus on Windows operating systems normally
- use a nonce-tcp transport via the local loopback interface.
- This is because the
- <link linkend="transports-unix-domain-sockets">unix</link>
- transport, which would otherwise be recommended, is not
- available on these operating systems.
- </para>
<para>
On start, the server generates a random 16 byte nonce and writes it