building xorg

[Chuck Robey]

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I'm trying to build xorg, to follow a hint for driver testing I got from Peter
Hutterer, so I used git to check out the xorg tree, but shortly after I began
the build, it crapped out in xcb:

test -d libxcb-1.1.90 || mkdir libxcb-1.1.90
list='src tests doc'; for subdir in $list; do  if test "$subdir" = .; then :;
else  test -d "libxcb-1.1.90/$subdir"  || /usr/local/bin/gmkdir -p
"libxcb-1.1.90/$subdir"  || exit 1;  distdir=`CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd
libxcb-1.1.90 && pwd`;  top_distdir=`CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd
libxcb-1.1.90 && pwd`;  (cd $subdir &&  make   top_distdir="$top_distdir"
distdir="$distdir/$subdir"  am__remove_distdir=:  am__skip_length_check=:
distdir)  || exit 1;  fi;  done
make: don't know how to make xinput.h. Stop
*** Error code 1

that looks to me like a broken dependency line in a Makefile, right?

Anyhow, my goal is really to end up with a xorg installation that will support
using dbus for xinput driver testing. and not xorg in itself, so it might seem a
bit mercenary, but I really don't want to track down all the problems.  Could I
get a date near as possible current, which has a xorg that definitely builds,
and the git command that will grab it for me?  I'm also brand new at git, I am a
lot more used to cvs, so until I get more experienced with using git, I need
hand now and then on it.

So, does what I'm asking for sound like a good idea, or are tree breakages so
rare that I could really wait a day or so and just pick back up?  Once I get a
good tree, I will probably freeze it until I get my xinput driver working.

BTW, I had been asking for at least 4 months here for any help on writing xinput
modules, and _finally_ that xinput howto that Peter gave me, it's what I was
after.  Once I get xorg cranking to my satisfaction, I guess I am off and
running, I have all the usb stuff all detailed in my mind (what a task that was!)
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