Bug 29028

Summary:	libX11 fails to detect launchd unless /sbin is in PATH
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Johan Hattne <johan.hattne>
Component:	Lib/Xlib	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity:	minor
Priority:	medium	CC:	jeremyhu
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Mac OS X (All)
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Description Johan Hattne 2010-07-12 14:10:59 UTC

The automatic detection of launchd uses AC_CHECK_PROG with the user's PATH to check for the presence of launchd.  If the user doesn't have /sbin in PATH, libX11 (and libxcb, and possibly others) will be built without launchd support which cripples the library on OS X.

I suggest the following modification to configure.ac of affected libraries

-	AC_CHECK_PROG(LAUNCHD, [launchd], [yes], [no])
+	AC_CHECK_PROG(LAUNCHD, [launchd], [yes], [no], [/sbin])

because launchd is in /sbin in OS X 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6.  This issue was originally reported at

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326521

Comment 1 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2010-07-12 16:55:55 UTC

changes pushed to xinit, libX11, and libxcb

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