Re: Bug#928297: xserver-xorg-core: transitively depends on libgl1-mesa-dri
On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 05:26:07PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 xserver-xorg-core: transitively depends on libgl1-mesa-dri
>
> On Wed, 01 May 2019 at 15:42:23 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2019-05-01 15:25:16)
> > > xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.3-2 has Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl
> > >
> > > xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.4-1 has Depends: libgl
>
> (The former is correct, but the latter should say libgl1, not libgl)
>
> I don't think this is a bug. libgl1-mesa-glx was an implementation of
> the abstract libgl interface. Xorg now depends on libgl1, which is a
> vendor-neutral dispatcher that loads one of several backends, including
> Mesa's: because it's vendor-neutral, there is no longer any need for
> alternatives.
>
> libgl1-mesa-glx is now a transitional package which pulls in libgl1
> and libglx-mesa0, and (indirectly) libgl1-mesa-dri, so adding it as
> an alternative would not help to make libgl1-mesa-dri more optional.
>
> > Seems the change coincide with the introduction of src:libglvnd.
>
> libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl dependencies being replaced by libgl1 is part
> of the GLVND transition, but would not necessarily cause the symptom of
> a transitive dependency on libgl1-mesa-dri.
>
> I think that might actually be caused by:
>
> mesa (17.2.0~rc6-1) experimental; urgency=medium
> ...
> * control: Bump libgl1-mesa-dri to libglx-mesa0 Depends, it's needed
> for swrast used on some tests.
>
> If I'm correct about that, then this bug should perhaps be reassigned to
> libglx-mesa0.
>
> Perhaps it should be those tests that explicitly pull in libgl1-mesa-dri?
>
> (Although I do question how useful libglx-mesa0 can possibly be without
> the DRI drivers that make it work.)
>
Thanks Simon. I don't think there's a bug here in either xserver or mesa.
Cheers,
Julien
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