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Re: libXrender obsolete?



> On 14.09.2020, at 23:40, Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I'm wondering if we really need to keep x11/Xrender (not to be
> confused with x11/libXrender). It packages an old version of the
> x11/libXrender codebase.
> 
> It is marked as only-to-be-used with native X (not modular).
> 
> AFAICT the only use we have is in libXrender/buildlink3.mk, where its
> buildlink3.mk is included if:
> 
> .if ${X11_TYPE} != "modular" && \
>    !exists(${X11BASE}/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc) && \
>    !exists(${X11BASE}/lib${LIBABISUFFIX}/pkgconfig/xrender.pc)
> .include "../../x11/Xrender/buildlink3.mk"
> .else
> 
> This check has been there basically unchanged (except for the added
> lib{ABISUFFIX} check) since the original import in 2006.
> 
> I suggest removing this ifdef block and the x11/Xrender package.
> 
> Or can anyone explain why it still might be useful today and should
> stay?

No-one did, so I’ve just removed Xrender.

Cheers,
 Thomas


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