[Buildroot] xapp_init: bad substitution of mcookie path in startx

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 17/01/13 17:06, Thierry Bultel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the long delay
>
> The  bug is reproducible with latest release,
> and I finally found out why.
>
> The issue is that in xapp_xinit, 'configure' checks for 'mcookie', and
> the first time, founds it ... on the host side, ie the "/usr/bin/mcookie"
> of Ubuntu for instance. This is the path that is substituted in startx.
>
> When rebuilding the xapp_xinit package, "mcookie" has been built by
> buildroot, in the xorg_server package. Thus "configure" finds it in our
> build directory, ie output/host/usr/bin/mcookie, which is not a target path.
>
> A quick fix (not meaning it is the cleanest way) is simply to add
>
> XAPP_XINIT_CONF_OPT += MCOOKIE=/usr/bin/mcookie
>
> in xapp_xinit.mk

  That's a perfectly clean solution - on condition that mcookie is indeed 
installed on the target. I guess the option should therefore be in an

ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX),y)
XAPP_XINIT_CONF_OPT += MCOOKIE=/usr/bin/mcookie
endif

  Care to make a patch?

  Regards,
  Arnout

>
> Thierry
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