Bug 5711 - Xdmx shouldn't depend on xaw7 - xaw8 does the same thing
Summary: Xdmx shouldn't depend on xaw7 - xaw8 does the same thing
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Build/Modular (show other bugs)
Version: 7.0.0
Hardware: All All
: high normal
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Keywords: patch
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-01-25 01:44 UTC by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
Modified: 2008-10-25 13:27 UTC (History)
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Attachments
Patch that checks for both xaw8 and xaw7 (1.41 KB, patch)
2006-01-25 01:46 UTC, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 		no flags Details | Splinter Review
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Description Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2006-01-25 01:44:43 UTC 
Xdmx currently has a hardcoded dependency on xaw7 even though it works nicely 
with xaw8 as well -- this breaks building on "no-legacy" systems.
Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2006-01-25 01:46:35 UTC 
Created attachment 4456 [details] [review]
Patch that checks for both xaw8 and xaw7
Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2006-01-25 01:47:31 UTC 
A better fix would be providing a generic xaw.pc in libXaw and then use a 
dependency on xaw >= 7.0
Comment 3 Adam Jackson 2006-03-21 06:16:51 UTC 
i find it humorous that xaw is considered for inclusion in a "no legacy" system
in the first place.
Comment 4 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2006-03-21 08:47:00 UTC 
It's a necessary evil as long as openoffice.org keeps linking to it
Comment 5 Adam Jackson 2006-04-07 10:28:20 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)
> It's a necessary evil as long as openoffice.org keeps linking to it

So, quick check of that against an FC5 box.  The only file in
/usr/lib/openoffice.org2.0/program that links against libXaw is pluginapp.bin. 
If you run comm against the list of symbols defined in libXaw, and the list of
symbols required by pluginapp.bin, you find zero symbols in common.  In other
words, pluginapp.bin doesn't actually need to be linked against libXaw.
Comment 6 Daniel Stone 2007-02-27 01:30:11 UTC 
Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys.  Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.
Comment 7 Julien Cristau 2008-10-25 13:27:27 UTC 
xaw8 is gone.

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