x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu: Adds postinst elog to fix #778494 #20151
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Due to EAPI=7 changes described in #661502 , the amdgpu DDX does not work out of the box. This commit introduces an elog message detailing the workaround that AMDGPU users on Gentoo need to apply manually to get a working Xorg server. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/778494 Signed-off-by: Niklāvs Koļesņikovs <89q1r14hd@relay.firefox.com>
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Pull request CI reportReport generated at: 2021-03-27 19:24 UTC There are existing issues already. Please look into the report to make sure none of them affect the packages in question: |
The changes noted in that bug were reverted. Specifically, the problem was that xf86-video-amdgpu didn't inherit xorg-3, which does this: But today it inherits xorg-3. So this cannot be the problem I don't believe. |
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Thanks for the explanation, that old bug report was a bit over my head. Should I keep this PR open to potentially update it? |
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Yeah, leaving it open until we figure out what's going on with the reporter's system seems fine to me. Thanks! |
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Looks like |
Yeah, -fno-plt makes lazy bindings non-functional and we know how that goes with xorg. |
Due to EAPI=7 changes described in #661502 , the amdgpu DDX does not
work out of the box. This commit introduces an elog message
detailing the workaround that AMDGPU users on Gentoo need to apply
manually to get a working Xorg server.
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/778494
Signed-off-by: Niklāvs Koļesņikovs 89q1r14hd@relay.firefox.com
Also updated the ebuild header with the current year, of course.