[PATCH] XWin: Fix for static libXfont use

Jon TURNEY jon.turney at dronecode.org.uk
Tue Jul 6 14:24:19 PDT 2010


On 06/07/2010 22:00, Chris Ball wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 06:41:10PM +0100, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> Since we fix this by removing the serverGeneration symbol, assuming
>> an external definition will be provided, this means on Windows libXfont
>> can only be built as a static library (since PE shared libraries cannot
>> contain undefined symbols).  This produces a libXfont which might only
>> be useful to the xserver, but the only other user we might care about
>> is xfs, which is obsolete...
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jon TURNEY<jon.turney-GrJqePx9RPPAJUdA+FbntA at public.gmane.org>
>
> Ping: can we get a fix pushed?  This is still affecting the cygwin build.

I've been waiting for a Reviewed-by: before pushing it.

Looking at my patch again, I seem to have inverted the logic of the test, 
updated patch attached.
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