Re: [PATCH] VPATH build of viewres, xedit, xfd, xgc, and xgc fails

2008-11-10 Thread Peter Breitenlohner
On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Peter Breitenlohner wrote: There is, however, a radically different idea. Originally the app default file, e.g., Xmessage was distributed as Xmessage.ad for the sake of case insensitive filesystems in order not to cause conflict with the executable xmessage. Now the

Re: [PATCH] VPATH build of viewres, xedit, xfd, xgc, and xgc fails

2008-11-10 Thread Peter Breitenlohner
On Sun, 9 Nov 2008, Peter Breitenlohner wrote: There is actually a much better way to avoid race conditions: whenever there are several app-default files, make them depend on a phony target that ensures the existence of ./app-defaults. The phony target I proposed yesterday was a bad

Re: [PATCH] VPATH build of viewres, xedit, xfd, xgc, and xgc fails

2008-11-09 Thread Peter Breitenlohner
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Peter Breitenlohner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Attached are five tiny patches. Could one of you you please apply them. In my original message I had overlooked xmh with the same problem, patch is attached. In order to