doc/dbus-specification.xml: mention the reserved o.fd.DBus.Local interface

and the corresponding /o/fd/DBus/Local object path; describe them as reserved
and forbid using them in a sent message, mentioning that in the reference
implementation this will cause the connection to be dropped.
Patch approved by Havoc.
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Simon McVittie 2007-05-04 10:28:12 +00:00
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2007-05-04 Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>
* doc/dbus-specification.xml: mention the reserved o.fd.DBus.Local
interface and the corresponding /o/fd/DBus/Local object path;
describe them as reserved and forbid using them in a sent message,
mentioning that in the reference implementation this will cause the
connection to be dropped. Patch approved by Havoc.
2007-04-28 Ralf Habacker <ralf.habacker@freenet.de>
* cmake/: don't install test applications and service files,

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<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>OBJECT_PATH</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>METHOD_CALL</literal>, <literal>SIGNAL</literal></entry>
<entry>The object to send a call to,
<entry>The object to send a call to,
or the object a signal is emitted from.
The special path
<literal>/org/freedesktop/DBus/Local</literal> is reserved;
implementations should not send messages with this path,
and the reference implementation of the bus daemon will
disconnect any application that attempts to do so.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
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The interface to invoke a method call on, or
that a signal is emitted from. Optional for
method calls, required for signals.
The special interface
<literal>org.freedesktop.DBus.Local</literal> is reserved;
implementations should not send messages with this
interface, and the reference implementation of the bus
daemon will disconnect any application that attempts to
do so.
</entry>
</row>
<row>