On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 16:59 -0800, Dan Nicholson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Gaetan Nadon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > There are 41 driver modules with the line: > > > > sdkdir=$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir xorg-server) > > > > Following up on review > > http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2009-November/003711.html > > > > From Dan Nicholson: > > This should be > > > > sdkdir=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=sdkdir xorg-server` > > > > 1. The user may need to use a specific pkg-config or pass custom > > arguments to it. Think multiarch or cross-compiling scenarios. > > > > 2. Backticks (``) are supported by all shells while $() command > > substitution is for strictly POSIX conforming shells. We don't need to > > limit ourselves to that subset. > > > > There are 4 modules who are not using that line at all. Rather than making > > dead code more portable, this patch removes this statement. I have done > > extensive grepping and tested with make distcheck: > > > > apm, ark, dummy, vesa > > > > In addition, the sdkdir was passed in INCLUDES. The sdkdir is already > > included in XORG_CFLAGS. There were 2 copies of sdkdir in the Makefile and > > after the patch there is only one. > > That seems fine, but it would be good if you mentioned that it's > already in XORG_CFLAGS in the commit message. That's the real reason > it's not needed here. >
I intended to... Now done. Thanks > -- > Dan > _______________________________________________ > xorg-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
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