262000 – x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics compiles fine without kernel sources

Bug 262000 - x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics compiles fine without kernel sources

Summary: x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics compiles fine without kernel sources

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Tony Vroon (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2009-03-10 17:24 UTC by cyrillic
Modified:	2009-03-20 14:47 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description cyrillic 2009-03-10 17:24:39 UTC

x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics.ebuild calls "die" if configured kernel sources are not installed, but when I removed this check, xf86-input-synaptics compiled fine without any kernel sources installed.

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1 Tony Vroon (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-03-20 14:47:04 UTC

Thank you for your contribution to Gentoo Linux :)

+  20 Mar 2009; <chainsaw@gentoo.org> -files/0.99.2-fdi-comments.patch,
+  -files/synaptics-fix-xinerama.patch,
+  -xf86-input-synaptics-0.15.2-r2.ebuild,
+  -xf86-input-synaptics-0.99.1.ebuild, -xf86-input-synaptics-0.99.2.ebuild,
+  -xf86-input-synaptics-0.99.2-r1.ebuild,
+  -xf86-input-synaptics-0.99.3.ebuild,
+  -xf86-input-synaptics-0.99.3-r1.ebuild, xf86-input-synaptics-1.0.0.ebuild:
+  Phrasing of the HAL FDI instructions was awkward, now clarified so user
+  changes are not lost. Closes bug #258293 by Scott Stubbs. Remove
+  overelaborate INPUT_EVDEV kernel check and just add an elog instead,
+  closes bug #262000 by cyrillic <cyrilmaley@hotmail.com>. Removed old
+  ebuilds.