Re: Today's the day...
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 03:37:19PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 14:22, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 02:10:03PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > >
> > > checking for XRRSetScreenConfigAndRate in -lXrandr... no
> > > configure: error: "Suitable Xrandr extension library not found - you
> > > need at least X 4.3"
> >
> > Which is as it seemed to me.
> >
> > > But it doesn't seem to actually use XRRSetScreenConfigAndRate ...
> >
> > I think it is just checking for one of the presence of RandR in the
> > library. It uses XRRSetScreenConfig and others though.
>
> After some more investigation, it looks like libXrandr broke source
> compatibility between 4.2 and 4.3 (XRRSetScreenConfig dropped a
> parameter), nasty. It might be possible to make it build against both
> versions, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.
No, i don't think also that it would be worth it, you need a 4.3.0
server anyway for it have any effect, no ?
> > > Anyway, while we're at it, you can cut down the build dependencies to
> > >
> > > Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.0.0), libgnomeui-dev,
> > > libpanel-applet2-dev, libxrender-dev, xlibs-dev (>> 4.3.0)
> >
> > Ok, will do.
>
> I failed to mention that libxrender-dev was missing before.
I have uploaded a package with the new build-depends, altough, since it
is experimental, it will not get autobuilt, and i don't knowhow to make
pbuilder use some experimental or extra packages.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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