[PATCH 1/3] Xserver need not be compatible with old versions of xserver.

[Peter Hutterer]

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:23:53PM +0200, jamey at minilop.net wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> >> From: Jamey Sharp <jamey at minilop.net>
> >> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:48:32 +0200
> >>
> >> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
> >> index 6b2ae97..ab07b60 100644
> >> --- a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
> >> +++ b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
> >> @@ -227,11 +227,7 @@ xf86_set_cursor_colors (ScrnInfoPtr scrn, int bg, int fg)
> >>      CursorPtr                cursor = xf86_config->cursor;
> >>      int                      c;
> >>      CARD8            *bits = cursor ?
> >> -#if XORG_VERSION_CURRENT < XORG_VERSION_NUMERIC(7,0,0,0,0)
> >>          dixLookupPrivate(&cursor->devPrivates, CursorScreenKey(screen))
> >> -#else
> >> -        cursor->devPriv[screen->myNum]
> >> -#endif
> >
> > Wait a moment.  You're keeping the code that's used for *older* Xorg
> > versions in favour of the code used in newer versions?
> 
> I know it looks that way, but it isn't true. I don't understand what
> the ifdef actually means, but the dix function call is definitely the
> current API.

from the commit that introduced it:
    This change uses XORG_VERSION_CURRENT <  7.0 to mean "server newer
    than 1.2" since XORG_VERSION current went backwards at some point.

Cheers,
  Peter