On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 10:34 -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 11:51:27AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 09:10 -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > > > It appears that libgl1-mesa-swx11-dev is built from mesa 6.4.2, whilst > > > GL-from-xorg is built from mesa 6.9.0. > > > > There's no such thing. > > No such which? Mesa 6.9.0? I got that from > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libdevel/xlibmesa-gl-dev which > reads: > > Package: xlibmesa-gl-dev (1:7.0.22, 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6) > > I was just guessing that 6.9.0.dfsg referred to the mesa sources.
It refers to X.Org 6.9, which shipped a copy of Mesa 6.4. > > X.Org upstream no longer ships its own GL stuff > > except for the GLX protocol headers, so this will all come from Mesa in > > the future. > > OK. > > But what is the state now? Does xlibmesa-gl-dev come from upstream > xorg? Is it a version of mesa? No, in sid it's purely a transitional package to aid upgrades. > If so, could it supply the GLw library as does libgl1-mesa-swx11-dev? No, and I'm not sure what the point would be, given that it's just a static library. Do you anticipate any problems with building against libgl1-mesa-swx11-dev? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
