Can't compile head of xserver module

Roland Scheidegger rscheidegger_lists at hispeed.ch
Thu Nov 16 08:10:46 PST 2006


Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 12:58:48PM -0800, Deron Johnson wrote:
>> Many thanks for the info. So is it okay to use the head (or should I say
>> origin?) versions of the other modules with the server-1.2-branch? Or do
>> I need to get special branches of them too?
> 
> Hi Deron,
> It's generally okay to use master of the other modules.  I think the
> only branched ones are inputproto and libxi, where the changes are
> harmless.
Maybe in general, but at least the xf86-input-keyboard driver won't 
compile (nor run) with server-1.2-branch if you just use head (which 
typically will result in a fatal error at xorg startup if you don't 
already have a suitable version installed).

Roland



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