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On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 08:19 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote:<BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">How would it "fail to fail"? If xorg-server.h isn't installed anymore,</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">then you won't get the extension. The macro is intended to check if an</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">extension is available in the server, and it does just that. I guess</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">you want it to fail harder if the xserver can't be found at all.</FONT></TT><BR>
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Ah, yes. I expected the m4 test to fail during configuration when the server is not installed because the macro is missing. That was a not a fair expectation as autoconf was done when the server was installed.<BR>
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This m4 test is better as it happens earlier.<BR>
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Thanks! I think I had this misconception for a while.
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