Re: GLX vs Mesa vs OpenGL
On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 10:42:24PM -0500, James A. Treacy wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 08:14:17PM -0200, Taupter wrote:
> > Joe Drew wrote:
> > >
> > > Something I've wondered about -
> > > If I compile something against my version of MesaGL, which is
> > > also linked against the Glide libraries, will it work on someone's
> > > version of Mesa which, for instance, is accelerated on the G200?
> > > I mean, Mesa has the same ABI everywhere, doesn't it? So there
> > > should be no need to make multiple binaries/packages for different
> > > things, right?
> >
> > Right.
> >
> The maintainers of packages that provide OpenGL compatability are
> working on this very issue. We have decided to have all such
> packages 'Provide: libgl1' and provide a symlink from libGL.so.1
> to the relevant library (libMesaGL.so.3 in the case of mesa).
> Ditto for libGLU.so.1. Packages should link using -lGL.
Is there somewhere around a mesa 3.1 set of packages to go with the GLX
support for matrox and riva graphic boards ?
Friendly,
Sven LUTHER
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