]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/dbus.git/commitdiff
spec: Explicitly say that auth client and server take turns
authorSimon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:23:50 +0000 (12:23 +0000)
committerSimon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:23:41 +0000 (18:23 +0000)
This was (hopefully) implicit in the protocol descriptions, but we
never actually said it. Do so.

Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Philip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com>
Bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104224

doc/dbus-specification.xml

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     </para>
     <para>
       In examples, "C:" and "S:" indicate lines sent by the client and
-      server respectively.
+      server respectively. The client sends the first line, and the
+      server must respond to each line from the client with a single-line
+      reply, with one exception: there is no reply to the BEGIN command.
     </para>
     <sect2 id="auth-protocol-overview">
       <title>Protocol Overview</title>