[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Remove redundant XShmGetEventBase declaration

[Bryan Henderson]

On 8/11/08, Attila Kinali <attila at kinali.ch> wrote:
> I just checked this. XF86 4.1.0 has a "broken" headerfile that
> does not contain XShmGetEventBase, it has been fixed in December 2001
> and released with XF86 4.2.0 in June 2002.
>
> I think, we can safely assume that today noone is using XF86 4.1.0 anymore.

If by "safely assume" you mean without being wrong, then no you can't.
 There are people who use old systems.  I just checked the X I used
the most: XFree86 4.0.2, and it too has XShmGetEventBase but lacks the
declaration of it.

But of course you can still assume, as a way of limiting your
maintenance effort.

BTW does it really matter?  Missing this declaration probably just
adds a drop to the ocean of compile warnings.  That would explain why
I with my 4.0.2 haven't noticed a problem with the other
declaration-less references to which Diego refers.