On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 07:31:10PM +0200, Christian Melki wrote:
> On 9/8/21 4:10 PM, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 02:51:03PM +0200, Christian Melki wrote:
> >> I'm having trouble building xorg-server with meson.
> >>
> >> Getting various non-constructive errors.
> >> ../xorg-server-1.20.10/include/meson.build:175:10: ERROR: 'not-found' is 
> >> not
> >> a pkgconfig dependency
> >>
> >> ../xorg-server-1.20.10/hw/xfree86/meson.build:101:0: ERROR: '' is not a
> >> static library.
> >>
> >> I reverted the "version bump" below and I'm not having any problems with 
> >> the
> >> autotools version. Upgraded to 1.2.10 with autotools.
> >>
> >> https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/ptxdist/commit/rules/xorg-server.make?id=b111e5a8938b8581aecc809ec9df5b1b58e77a8f
> > 
> > It's probably a bug in the xorg meson rules triggered by an unusual
> > combination of options. Neither upstream xorg-server nor the package in
> > ptxdist are well maintained.
> > 
> 
> Meaning? I should revert the meson variant and try to maintain the
> package or "we dropped this, nobody uses xorg anymore?"

Well, I don't use it any more. But I would very much appreciate patches
that keep the package maintained.
I'd start with updating to the latest version. I took a quick look at the
meson files and at least the first issue seems to be fixed with the latest
release.

> The combinations are pretty much the default ones that get selected from
> dependencies.

I assume that you mean the defaults in PTXdist. Those are pretty much
random or just disabled by default.

> And I like to think that xorg-server is still very much a thing. Atleast
> on embedded? :)

I think we're living in different filter bubbles :-). I've not used the
xorg server in embedded projects many years.

Michael

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