[Xcb] demo/util fixes for the extension split

Barton C Massey bart at cs.pdx.edu
Mon Apr 24 01:46:12 PDT 2006


In message <Pine.LNX.4.51.0604241008210.26076 at cartan.iecn.u-nancy.fr> you wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Barton C Massey wrote:
> 
> > I think Josh wants to autogenerate the .pcs for extensions
> > from some kind of XML description, which is why your patch
> > hasn't yet been committed.  We should probably just commit
> > it, though; we can always back it out when we get the fancy
> > thing working.
> 
> Maybe, but right now, NO app using xcb extensions (except those being in
> xcb core) can be compiled. It might be useful to fix that quickly, in a
> way or another.

Yes, I am/was agreeing with you.

> also, I don't see the point in generating them from xml files, as the
> compilation of these extensions have been hand-made, by changing the
> Makefile.am in xcb/src/. I would have seen the point if ALL the extension
> stuff is done automatically. As it's not the case...

Yes, doing everything automatically was/is the longer-term plan.

  Bart

> > In message <Pine.LNX.4.51.0604240739230.24296 at cartan.iecn.u-nancy.fr> you wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey !
> > >
> > > I don't think it's the correct patch, for 2 reasons :
> > >  * the name of the splitted library can change later (it would be strange,
> > > yes)
> > >  * more important, the location of the splitted extension can be else
> > > where that xcb-aux one.
> > >
> > > I've added in bugzilla a fix, which adds a .pc for each splitted
> > > extension. It works (Ive also made the changes for xcb-utils and
> > > xcb-demo, and another lib that uses xcb). I wait for an answer from the
> > > devs.
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Vincent
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Here's a patch to fix xcb-demo and xcb-util for the recent extension split.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Donnie
> > > >
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