[Pkg-tigervnc-devel] Bug#650394: updated packages available

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2014, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> - debian/rules has 

>   include /usr/share/xserver-xorg/configure_flags.mk

>   now -- but where that file supposed to come from? can't locate it...
>   my quick discussions on IRC I believe didn't finalize in shipping that
>   one along within xorg-server-source

ok -- got it now (it was too fresh and file was not indexed yet by packages)
https://www.mail-archive.com/utopic-changes@lists.ubuntu.com/msg06409.html

$> interdiff -z xorg-server_1.15.1-0ubuntu{8,9}.diff.gz 
diff -u xorg-server-1.15.1/debian/rules xorg-server-1.15.1/debian/rules
--- xorg-server-1.15.1/debian/rules
+++ xorg-server-1.15.1/debian/rules
@@ -365,6 +365,15 @@
    echo inputabi=xorg-input-abi-$$abi_xinput >> debian/xserver-xorg-core.substvars && \
    echo "xorg-input-abi-$$abi_xinput, xserver-xorg-core (>= $(serverminver))" > debian/xserver-xorg-dev/usr/share/xserver-xorg/xinputdep
 
+   # save the configure flags so that packages like vnc, tightvnc, tigervnc
+   # know how the package was built.
+   ( \
+     echo 'xserver_confflags = $(confflags)'; \
+     echo 'xserver_confflags_main = $(confflags_main)'; \
+     echo 'xserver_confflags_udeb = $(confflags_udeb)'; \
+     echo 'xserver_vars = $(vars)'; \
+   ) > debian/xserver-xorg-dev/usr/share/xserver-xorg/configure_flags.mk
+
    # The udeb uses the same substvars:
    cp debian/xserver-xorg-core.substvars debian/xserver-xorg-core-udeb.substvars
 
diff -u xorg-server-1.15.1/debian/changelog xorg-server-1.15.1/debian/changelog
--- xorg-server-1.15.1/debian/changelog
+++ xorg-server-1.15.1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+xorg-server (2:1.15.1-0ubuntu9) utopic; urgency=medium
+
+  * xserver-xorg-dev: /usr/share/xserver-xorg/configure_flags.mk
+    Provide the flags how the xserver was configured.
+
+ -- Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu.com>  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:49:51 +0200
+
 xorg-server (2:1.15.1-0ubuntu8) utopic; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/patches/xfree86-pci-bus-probe-non-seat0.patch

I will file an issue in Debian to support it as well.

Cheers!
-- 
Yaroslav O. Halchenko, Ph.D.
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