Re: Kwin builders, please read

On 12/8/20 12:25 PM, David Edmundson wrote:
> If you build kwin master from scratch stray files from old builds can
> cause crashes.
> We've had a few duplicate bug reports of this, so I'm sending an email.
> 
> The most important file to remove is.
> $prefix/lib/qt5/plugins/org.kde.kwin.waylandbackends/KWinWaylandWaylandBackend.so

Small correction:

$prefix/lib/qt5/plugins/platforms/KWinQpaPlugin.so

Cheers,
Vlad

> You can also safely remove:
> 
> $prefix/lib/plugins/kf5/org.kde.kwindowsystem.platforms/KF5WindowSystemKWinPrivatePlugin.so
> $prefix/lib/plugins/kf5/org.kde.kglobalaccel5.platforms/KF5GlobalAccelPrivateKWin.so
> $prefix/lib/plugins/kf5/org.kde.kidletime.platforms/KF5IdleTimeKWinWaylandPrivatePlugin.so
> 
> This code is now bundled inside kwin, as it is very kwin-specific.
> 
> If you run unit tests, please clean the build dir.
> 
> Distro packages are unaffected.
> 
> David
>