[PATCH] xfree86: rename allowEmptyInput to forceInputDevices.

Benjamin Close Benjamin.Close at clearchain.com
Sun Nov 14 22:27:14 PST 2010


  On 11/11/10 20:05, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:08:20 +0100, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
>
>> I don't see a diff hunk to actually rename the option in xorg.conf
>> and provide backward compatibility with the previous name, nor any
>> associated documentation update.
>>
>> Am I missing something or what are your intents wrt the option name
>> for xorg.conf?
> I guess you missed this one:
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ec1bfbc66926130e1153facc3b92ee175f1cb6b6
>

That patch simply removes the AllowEmptyInput option. There is still 
nothing documented about the new name. Ie a user *wants* the option and 
suddenly it's renamed from underneath them with no explanation on what 
to use as an alternative.


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