[PATCH 3/5 v4] Show Xserver release/version date in DIX & DDX docs

[Mark Kettenis]

> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 09:56:29 -0700
> From: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>
> 
> Mark Kettenis wrote:
> >> From: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>
> >> Dan Nicholson wrote:
> >>> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Alan Coopersmith
> >>>> +       (cd $(XML_ENT_DIR) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $(@F))
> >>> Is $(@F) a gnu makeism? I can't tell, but I don't think so. 
> >> I first learned about it when using Solaris make, and since it also worked
> >> with GNU make, I assumed it was fairly common but didn't check, since GNU
> >> make is currently required to build the Xorg server due to the "sinclude"
> >> usage in the exported interfaces list generation in the module loader.
> > 
> > That is unfortunate.  On OpenBSD we do build Xorg with our own (BSD)
> > make.  Please try to avoid using GNU-isms.
> 
> You're preaching to the choir here.  I try to build as much as
> possible with Solaris make, and often have to fix the GNU-make-ism's
> that don't get caught in review, but I've never taken the time to
> work out a portable solution to the sdksyms/sinclude stuff in
> hw/xfree86/loader/Makefile.am - are you actually building current
> Xorg head (or a release since 1.7) with OpenBSD make?  If so, then I
> guess OpenBSD must have adopted that GNU-ism.

Ah, you're right.  It's implemented in our make, but not mentioned in
the man page (probably intentionally to discourage people from using
it).

Sorry for the noise.