[vim/vim] New spam emitted during `make` phase (Issue #18536)

chdiza

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Oct 9, 2025, 11:43:17 PM (18 hours ago) Oct 9

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chdiza created an issue (vim/vim#18536)

Steps to reproduce

This is 9.1.1845. I am now seeing some annoying spam at the beginning of the make step that I've never seen before, having to do with wayland:

Starting make in the src directory.
If there are problems, cd to the src directory and run make there
cd src && make first
make[1]: Entering directory '/opt/bld/vim/src'
/bin/sh install-sh -c -d objects
CC="gcc -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu   " srcdir=. sh ./osdef.sh
cd auto/wayland; make
cd auto/wayland; make
cd auto/wayland; make
cd auto/wayland; make
make[2]: Entering directory '/opt/bld/vim/src/auto/wayland'
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/ext-data-control-v1.xml ext-data-control-v1.c
make[2]: Entering directory '/opt/bld/vim/src/auto/wayland'
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/ext-data-control-v1.xml ext-data-control-v1.c
make[2]: Entering directory '/opt/bld/vim/src/auto/wayland'
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/ext-data-control-v1.xml ext-data-control-v1.c
make[2]: Entering directory '/opt/bld/vim/src/auto/wayland'
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/ext-data-control-v1.xml ext-data-control-v1.c
creating auto/pathdef.c
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml primary-selection-unstable-v1.c
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml primary-selection-unstable-v1.c
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml primary-selection-unstable-v1.c
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.xml wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.c
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.xml wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.c
touch objects/.dirstamp
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml primary-selection-unstable-v1.c
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.xml wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.c
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/xdg-shell.xml xdg-shell.c
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/xdg-shell.xml xdg-shell.c
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/xdg-shell.xml xdg-shell.c
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/ext-data-control-v1.xml ext-data-control-v1.h
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/ext-data-control-v1.xml ext-data-control-v1.h
wayland-scanner private-code protocols/xdg-shell.xml xdg-shell.c
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml primary-selection-unstable-v1.h
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml primary-selection-unstable-v1.h
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.xml wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.h
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml primary-selection-unstable-v1.h
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/ext-data-control-v1.xml ext-data-control-v1.h
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.xml wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.h
cd xxd; CC="gcc" CFLAGS=" -g -O2 -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed" \
	make -f Makefile
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.xml wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.h
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml primary-selection-unstable-v1.h
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/xdg-shell.xml xdg-shell.h
make[2]: Entering directory '/opt/bld/vim/src/xxd'
gcc   -g -O2 -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1  -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -DUNIX -o xxd xxd.c 
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/xdg-shell.xml xdg-shell.h
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/xdg-shell.xml xdg-shell.h
wayland-scanner client-header protocols/xdg-shell.xml xdg-shell.h
make[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/bld/vim/src/auto/wayland'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/bld/vim/src/auto/wayland'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/bld/vim/src/auto/wayland'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/bld/vim/src/auto/wayland'

Is there a way this can be made to go away (without silencing all the usual make output?

Expected behaviour

I didn't expect a verbose accounting of all the cding that is done having to do with wayland.

Version of Vim

9.1.1845

Environment

Linux Mint 21
Terminal:kitty

Logs and stack traces

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Christian Brabandt

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4:18 AM (14 hours ago) 4:18 AM

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#18536)

I don't think this is new. Wayland dependencies have been there for a while now. I am afraid that won't got away.

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chdiza

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9:42 AM (8 hours ago) 9:42 AM

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chdiza left a comment (vim/vim#18536)

They've been there for a while, but the spam is new.

Also, in the effort to make it go away, I passed --without-wayland to configure, and the build failed in the make phase:

Starting make in the src directory.
If there are problems, cd to the src directory and run make there
cd src && make first
make[1]: Entering directory '/opt/bld/vim/src'
/bin/sh install-sh -c -d objects
CC="gcc -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu   " srcdir=. sh ./osdef.sh
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'auto/wayland/wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.c', needed by 'auto/wayland/wlr-data-control-unstable-v1.h'.  Stop.
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
touch objects/.dirstamp
make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/bld/vim/src'
make: *** [Makefile:29: first] Error 2

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Christian Brabandt

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12:05 PM (6 hours ago) 12:05 PM

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Closed #18536 as completed via 1201afb.

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chdiza

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3:20 PM (3 hours ago) 3:20 PM

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chdiza left a comment (vim/vim#18536)

Thanks, --without-wayland works now. I'm glad to have this flag!

Question: I found that, in order to make ldd $path_to_my_vim show no compiled dependency on wayland, I also had to pass --disable-wayland-focus-steal. It's a bit surprising that --without-wayland didn't accomplish this all by itself. Is it supposed to work like this?

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Foxe Chen

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5:25 PM (1 hour ago) 5:25 PM

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64-bitman left a comment (vim/vim#18536)

I believe that spam from wayland-scanner is only when make is run with parallel jobs (-j).

Question: I found that, in order to make ldd $path_to_my_vim show no compiled dependency on wayland, I also had to pass --disable-wayland-focus-steal. It's a bit surprising that --without-wayland didn't accomplish this all by itself. Is it supposed to work like this?