should I file a bug report ?

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Mon Jan 28 16:19:02 PST 2013


On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 02:09:35PM -0500, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> 
> While going through the process of building X from git I run into plenty 
> of little stoppages.  Should I be filing bug reports on these or just 
> comment them out and move on ?  

if a module is maintained and it doesn't build, then yes, it's likely a bug.
if the module is unmaintained, the build error is likely a result of that.
filing a bug is helpful, but it may not get fixed in the immediate future.

again, best to just build the drivers you'll actually need.

Cheers,
   Peter

> ======================================================================
> ==  Processing module/component:  "driver/xf86-video-sis"
> ==        configuration options:  --with-udev-rules-dir=/opt/xorg/udev 
> Cloning into driver/xf86-video-sis...
> remote: Counting objects: 2232, done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (652/652), done.
> remote: Total 2232 (delta 1735), reused 1991 (delta 1560)
> Receiving objects: 100% (2232/2232), 2.52 MiB | 1.29 MiB/s, done.
> Resolving deltas: 100% (1735/1735), done.
> autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
> autoreconf: running: aclocal -I /opt/xorg/share/aclocal 
> configure.ac:25: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
> autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
> configure.ac:25: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
> autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy
> libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `.'.
> libtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
> libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and
> libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree.
> libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
> configure.ac:25: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
> autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf
> configure.ac:25: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
> autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader
> configure.ac:25: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
> autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --no-force
> configure.ac:25: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
> configure.ac:41: installing `./config.guess'
> configure.ac:41: installing `./config.sub'
> configure.ac:34: installing `./install-sh'
> configure.ac:34: installing `./missing'
> src/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
> autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
> configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-udev-rules-dir
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> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating Makefile
> config.status: creating src/Makefile
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> config.status: executing depfiles commands
> config.status: executing libtool commands
> configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-udev-rules-dir
> make  all-recursive
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dclarke/xorg/driver/xf86-video-sis'
> Making all in src
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dclarke/xorg/driver/xf86-video-sis/src'
>   CC     init301.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from init301.h:58,
>                  from init301.c:74:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from init301.h:58,
>                  from init301.c:74:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
>   CC     init.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from init.h:58,
>                  from init.c:61:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from init.h:58,
>                  from init.c:61:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
>   CC     initextx.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from initextx.h:38,
>                  from initextx.c:36:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from initextx.h:38,
>                  from initextx.c:36:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
>   CC     sis300_accel.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from sis300_accel.c:41:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from sis300_accel.c:41:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
>   CC     sis310_accel.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from sis310_accel.c:39:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from sis310_accel.c:39:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
>   CC     sis6326_video.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from sis6326_video.c:36:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from sis6326_video.c:36:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
>   CC     sis_accel.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from sis_accel.c:39:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from sis_accel.c:39:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
>   CC     sis_cursor.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from sis_cursor.c:38:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from sis_cursor.c:38:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
>   CC     sis_dac.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from sis_dac.c:68:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from sis_dac.c:68:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
>   CC     sis_dga.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from sis_dga.c:39:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from sis_dga.c:39:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
>   CC     sis_driver.lo
> In file included from sis.h:178,
>                  from sis_driver.c:50:
> vstruct.h:240: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> In file included from sis_driver.c:50:
> sis.h:1007: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated
> sis_driver.c: In function 'SISMergedPointerMoved':
> sis_driver.c:9384: error: too few arguments to function 'miPointerSetPosition'
> sis_driver.c: In function 'SiS_GetSetBIOSScratch':
> sis_driver.c:14022: warning: 'xf86MapVidMem' is deprecated (declared at /opt/xorg/include/xorg/xf86_OSproc.h:135)
> sis_driver.c:14035: warning: 'xf86UnMapVidMem' is deprecated (declared at /opt/xorg/include/xorg/xf86_OSproc.h:137)
> make[2]: *** [sis_driver.lo] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dclarke/xorg/driver/xf86-video-sis/src'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dclarke/xorg/driver/xf86-video-sis'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> build.sh: "make " failed on driver/xf86-video-sis
> build.sh: error processing module/component:  "driver/xf86-video-sis"
> aster $ 
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