bump eapi for keyboard and mouse drivers in gentoo-static

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stefan11111 · Post by **stefan11111** » Thu Dec 19, 2024 11:19 pm

The xorg-r3 eclass no longer supports EAPI 7.
This PR bumps EAPI: https://github.com/NeddySeagoon/gentoo-static/pull/3
Made a post on the forums so it's more visible.

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Fri Dec 20, 2024 5:46 pm

stefan11111,

Thank you.
I will get to it, once I can sit comfortably in front of my PC.
That will be a few weeks yet. (Don't ask, at least not in public.)

stefan11111 · Post by **stefan11111** » Sat Dec 21, 2024 1:47 pm

NeddySeagoon,

By the way, what is the advantage over xf86-input-evdev?

I use these drivers because I have no problem with them, but why are they better that xf86-video-evdev?

Actually, what even makes an input driver better that another?
This is not like video drivers, where one gives mode fps in games than another.

Post by Hu » Sat Dec 21, 2024 1:58 pm

x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev requires virtual/libudev and >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.18[udev]. The repository's README indicates these are ebuilds for use on a system with static /dev. To me, that implies the system will neither install nor run udev, so anything that requires udev is not available to a system with static /dev. That then means evdev cannot be used on such a system, and the older pre-udev input drivers would be needed instead.

stefan11111 · Post by **stefan11111** » Sat Dec 21, 2024 2:02 pm

Hu wrote:x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev requires virtual/libudev and >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.18[udev]. The repository's README indicates these are ebuilds for use on a system with static /dev. To me, that implies the system will neither install nor run udev, so anything that requires udev is not available to a system with static /dev. That then means evdev cannot be used on such a system, and the older pre-udev input drivers would be needed instead.

xf86-input-evdev works on a static /dev system if you install libudev-zero
I tested in on my static /dev machine and it works.

Despite the name, libudev-zero has nothing to do with systemd, where udev is from.

EDIT: Just tested xf86-input-libinput too, and that also works with a static /dev, also needing libudev-zero.
So that makes it 3 different input drivers that I can't see any difference between at runtime.
Does someone know which one is better and why?

stefan11111 · Post by **stefan11111** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 5:39 am

@NeedySeagoon
I see that you bumped the EAPI for xf86-keyboard-mouse and xf86-keyboard-input.
However, it looks like you forgot to remake the ebuild manifest.

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!!! Digest verification failed:
!!! /var/db/repos/gentoo-static/x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard/xf86-input-keyboard-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
!!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size
!!! Got: 421
!!! Expected: 322

!!! Digest verification failed:
!!! /var/db/repos/gentoo-static/x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse/xf86-input-mouse-1.9.3-r1.ebuild
!!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size
!!! Got: 441
!!! Expected: 342

Also, I see you opted to use SRC_URI instead of XORG_TARBALL_SUFFIX. Was that because XORG_TARBALL_SUFFIX didn't work or just preference?