xf86-input-synaptics and ThinkPad T440s touchpad

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Hello everyone!
After the upgrading of the Arch Linux packages on my Lenovo ThinkPad T440s the touchpad did’t work as before. That was due to xf86-input-synaptics fault!
For a better understanding, I could not use two finger to copy/paste anymore and in order to left click I needed to push down all the touchpad!

The package is under maintenace, but I needed a working machine to carry on my open projects, so I modified my configuration file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf (renamed by the upgrade from 50-synaptics.conf) adding the follow lines:

      Option "TapButton1" "1"
      Option "TapButton2" "2"
      Option "TapButton3" "3"

You can find the patch and the pre-upgrade/post-upgrade configuration files here.

Hope will be useful for somebody else!! GWH!
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