Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/x11/tk

[David Holland <dholland-pkgchanges%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 07:55:50PM +1200, Dave Sainty wrote:
>> If you're satisfied that the concerns I raised there are addressed,
>> please close it. If not, it'll need a more elaborate solution of some
>> kind...
>
> I'd say so. patch-ae should "do nothing" in the presence of older X.h. The 
> main difference with the one that's committed to Tk head is that it will 
> also continue to work the next time X.h grows a new event. patch-ae won't. 
> But the HEAD fix is also 100 lines of patch over three files, and patch-ae 
> is three lines over one file. I took the cheap road, because X doesn't ever 
> (usually!) get new events.
>
> But... If an xproto update breaks it again before we retire patch-ae with a 
> Tk update then, ummm, I'll see if I can send you a New Zealand beer :)

Fair enough :-)

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David A. Holland
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