Bug 29028 - libX11 fails to detect launchd unless /sbin is in PATH
Summary: libX11 fails to detect launchd unless /sbin is in PATH
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Lib/Xlib (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All Mac OS X (All)
: medium minor
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2010-07-12 14:10 UTC by Johan Hattne
Modified: 2010-07-12 16:55 UTC (History)
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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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