Re: MPS and pgtk

[Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 06:38:03PM GMT, Gerd M�llmann wrote:
>Aleksandr Vityazev <avityazev@disroot.org> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I tried to build scratch/igc with the "--with-pgtk" flag
>> got the following errors:
>>
>> make[3]: Leaving directory '/tmp/guix-build-emacs-igc-31.0.50-0.544e031.drv-0/source/admin/unidata'
>>   CCLD     temacs
>> ld: pgtkterm.o: in function `mark_pgtkterm':
>> /tmp/guix-build-emacs-igc-31.0.50-0.544e031.drv-0/source/src/pgtkterm.c:357: undefined reference to `mark_object'
>> ld: /tmp/guix-build-emacs-igc-31.0.50-0.544e031.drv-0/source/src/pgtkterm.c:358: undefined reference to `mark_object'
>> ld: /tmp/guix-build-emacs-igc-31.0.50-0.544e031.drv-0/source/src/pgtkterm.c:359: undefined reference to `mark_object'
>> ld: /tmp/guix-build-emacs-igc-31.0.50-0.544e031.drv-0/source/src/pgtkterm.c:360: undefined reference to `mark_object'
>> ld: /tmp/guix-build-emacs-igc-31.0.50-0.544e031.drv-0/source/src/pgtkterm.c:361: undefined reference to `mark_object'
>> ld: pgtkterm.o:/tmp/guix-build-emacs-igc-31.0.50-0.544e031.drv-0/source/src/pgtkterm.c:369: more undefined references to `mark_object' follow
>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>>
>> The remaining configuration flags were as follows:
>> --with-mps=yes
>> --with-cairo
>> --with-modules
>> --with-native-compilation=no
>> --disable-build-details
>
>Looks like pgtk is currently not supported, i.e. apparenlty no one
>working on igc is using it, sorry.
>
This is wondering me because all the main distributions/desktops are
moving (or have already moved) to Wayland.

So, IMHO the pgtk support may be prioritized as it is the only way we
support Wayland natively.

Not sure if there are plans or alternatives under consideration to
change/improve pgtk, but if igc becomes an issue for it... we may
rethink if we really want it looking to the future?

WDYT?
Ergus