Circular build dep (was: Re: [ANNOUNCE] libXext 1.0.99.2)

[Colin Guthrie]

Could be wrong here, but I think there is a bit of a circular build dep 
here....


I'm trying to update the system to the latest versions including latest 
xi2 stuff (proto and lib).

So the protos are all updated and installed fine, but then I have to 
build libxi.

Configure bails out of that saying:

checking for XI... configure: error: Package requirements (xproto >= 
7.0.13 x11 >= 1.2.99.1 xextproto >= 7.0.3 xext >= 1.0.99.1 inputproto >= 
1.9.99.13) were not met:

Requested 'x11 >= 1.2.99.1' but version of X11 is 1.2.2
Requested 'xext >= 1.0.99.1' but version of Xext is 1.0.5


OK, so libx11 I've not tried yet, but libxext is primed and ready...

But building *that* fails with:
In file included from XTestExt1.c:71:
../include/X11/extensions/XTest.h:34:35: error: X11/extensions/XInput.h: 
No such file or directory
In file included from XTestExt1.c:71:
../include/X11/extensions/XTest.h:88: error: expected declaration 
specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘XDevice’
../include/X11/extensions/XTest.h:98: error: expected declaration 
specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘XDevice’
../include/X11/extensions/XTest.h:108: error: expected declaration 
specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘XDevice’
../include/X11/extensions/XTest.h:117: error: expected declaration 
specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘XDevice’
XTestExt1.c:138: warning: no previous prototype for ‘XTestFakeInput’
XTestExt1.c:232: warning: no previous prototype for ‘XTestGetInput’
XTestExt1.c:294: warning: no previous prototype for ‘XTestStopInput’
XTestExt1.c:348: warning: no previous prototype for ‘XTestReset’
XTestExt1.c:401: warning: no previous prototype for ‘XTestQueryInputSize’
XTestExt1.c:640: warning: no previous prototype for ‘XTestPressKey’
XTestExt1.c:672: warning: no previous prototype for ‘XTestPressButton’
XTestExt1.c:885: warning: no previous prototype for ‘XTestMovePointer’
XTestExt1.c:1296: warning: no previous prototype for ‘XTestFlush’
make[2]: *** [XTestExt1.lo] Error 1



So the header X11/extensions/XInput.h is now missing. This used to be 
provided by inputproto I believe but is not shipped in libxi (is that 
correct?)

So libxi needs libext to build and libext needs libxi to build :s


Now I could get the build to work by not upgrading to xinput2 stuff at 
the same time pushing everything out and then upgrading it later, but 
this is probably a generic problem that needs resolved more thoroughly 
as this type of bootstrapping is not really desirable.

Please correct me if I'm being a doofus.

Col
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