nixos/multitouch: remove

On numerous occasions I have seen users mistake this
module as libinput because it being called "multitouch"
and them being unaware that the actually module they want
is libinput. They then run into several decrepit bugs due
to the completely out-of-date nature of the underlying package.
The underlying package hasn't been changed to an up-to-date
fork in a period of 8 years. I don't consider this to be production quality.
However, I'm not opposed for the module being readded to NixOS
with new packaging, and a better name.

3 files changed, 2 insertions, 44 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xf86-input-mtrack/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xf86-input-mtrack/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2897e9200fd7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xf86-input-mtrack/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, utilmacros
-, pkgconfig
-, mtdev
-, xorgserver
-, xorgproto
-, pixman
-, autoreconfHook
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "xf86-input-mtrack-0.3.0";
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    utilmacros
-    pkgconfig
-    mtdev
-    xorgserver
-    xorgproto
-    pixman
-    autoreconfHook
-  ];
-
-  CFLAGS = "-I${pixman}/include/pixman-1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    name = "xf86-input-mtrack.tar.gz";
-    url = "https://github.com/BlueDragonX/xf86-input-mtrack/tarball/v0.3.0";
-    sha256 = "174rdw7gv0wsnjgmwpx4pgjn1zfbylflda4k2dzff6phzxj9yl6v";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://github.com/BlueDragonX/xf86-input-mtrack;
-
-    description = "An Xorg driver for multitouch trackpads";
-
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 68dfe49545a4..b45ddc6f5065 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ mapAliases ({
   xbmcPlugins = kodiPlugins; # added 2018-04-25
   xmonad_log_applet_gnome3 = xmonad_log_applet; # added 2018-05-01
   xf86_video_nouveau = xorg.xf86videonouveau; # added 2015-09
+  xf86_input_mtrack = throw ("xf86_input_mtrack has been removed from nixpkgs as it hasn't been maintained"
+    + "and is broken. Working alternatives are libinput and synaptics.");
   xlibs = xorg; # added 2015-09
   xpraGtk3 = xpra; # added 2018-09-13
   youtubeDL = youtube-dl;  # added 2014-10-26
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 37829bedefbf..b407fa483f35 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17217,8 +17217,6 @@ in
 
   xf86_input_cmt = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/xf86-input-cmt { };
 
-  xf86_input_mtrack = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/xf86-input-mtrack { };
-
   xf86_input_multitouch = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/xf86-input-multitouch { };
 
   xf86_input_wacom = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/xf86-input-wacom { };