how do I build xf86-video-ati

[Michel Dänzer]

On 2018-08-23 8:05 p.m., John Lumby wrote:
> 
>> Does https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/245782/ help for this
>> issue?
> 
> It gave me the clue as to what I need to do : this :
> 
> ln -s ../../../xorg-build/share/aclocal m4
> 
> After that ./autogen.sh works just fine.
> 
> Your patch doesn't create the link, just an empty directory  -    I
> did not try that but I guess it will work just as well provided the
> user has exported ACLOCAL as Alan indicated.    creating the explicit
> link might be more robust.

A symlink doesn't solve anything outside of your system(s). I'm looking
for a general solution, hence the patch.

Anyway, thanks for providing the information needed for diagnosing and
addressing this issue.


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