xfree86: add a comment as to why the logdir is created
authorGaetan Nadon <memsize@videotron.ca>
Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:26:38 +0000 (15:26 -0400)
committerKeith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
Fri, 4 Oct 2013 21:09:39 +0000 (14:09 -0700)
Without the logdir, the xserver will write the content of the log file on the
terminal stating that it cannot be written and will stop.

Refer to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3889

Reviewed-By: Matt Dew <marcoz@osource.org>
Signed-off-by: Gaetan Nadon <memsize@videotron.ca>
Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
hw/xfree86/Makefile.am

index aed631b..59cfb5f 100644 (file)
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ os-support/solaris/solaris-@SOLARIS_INOUT_ARCH@.il:
         $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) solaris-@SOLARIS_INOUT_ARCH@.il
 endif
 
+# Without logdir, X will post an error on the terminal and will not start
 install-data-local:
        $(AM_V_GEN)$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(logdir)
 if CYGWIN