From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,PLING_QUERY,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from cpmail.dk.tiscali.com (unknown [212.54.64.52]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93714AC4F1 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 08:28:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from pegasus.lasj.dk (213.237.42.59) by cpmail.dk.tiscali.com (6.0.040) id 3C71583A00381CBC for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 21 May 2002 15:28:56 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Mesa >=3.5 masked!? From: "Lars S. Jensen" To: Gentoo dev In-Reply-To: <20020520233212.Y8474@localhost> References: <20020520142936.E8474@localhost> <1021929278.6483.117.camel@nosferatu.lan> <20020520233212.Y8474@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 Date: 21 May 2002 15:28:49 +0200 Message-Id: <1021987735.5875.72.camel@pegasus.lasj.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: fe467dea-be52-4ea8-8109-9dcd0a5e0d2c X-Archives-Hash: 7e38ea9db9c6f9d67ec626883183b610 On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 00:32, Jos=E9 Fonseca wrote: > On 2002.05.20 22:14 Martin Schlemmer wrote: > > On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 15:29, Jos=E9 Fonseca wrote: > >=20 > > > I don't see how the first comment can be true as Mesa is an > > implementation > > > of the OpenGL standard which, besides of source compatibility, also h= as > >=20 > > > binary compatibility within a platform. Mesa releases notes also don'= t > > > mention nothing like that. > > > > > > Regarding the second comment I found the referring bug number 245. It > > says > > > that NVIDIA can't use the SGI libGLU.la 1.3 included in Mesa >=3D3.5.= If > > so > > > then why is the same SGI libGLU 1.3 available trhu the sgi-oss-glu > > ebuild? > > > Stranger is that the "Nvidia OpenGL Configuration mini-HOWTO" > > > (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Nvidia-OpenGL-Configuration/) uses Me= sa > >=20 > > > 4.0.1 in the tutorial, but on the other hand the author does state th= at > >=20 > > > "not had time to test all the procedures"... > > > > > > So it seems that there is quite a bit of misunderstanding. Is it mine > > or > > > should I fill in a bug report? > > > > >=20 > > Point is ... experience shows that those included with xfree > > works 99% of the time, if not 100%. If you want to use > > 4.0.1, go for it ... you just get to keep the pieces. >=20 > This doesn't address the question. If so then why is Mesa in Gentoo at=20 > all!? Since Gentoo distributes Mesa then there is no reason to not have=20 > Mesa 4.0. Because Mesa was needed for OpenGL support before XFree version 4.2.0-rX >>From ebuild 4.1.0 #We're no longer including libGLU from here. Packaged separately, from separate sources. OpenGL was an option at that time. XFree use/is based on the Mesa 3.4.2: # Mesa updated to the post-3.4.2 3.4 branch version as of November 2001. The lates Mesa is 4.0.2 but the ebuild is not 'up to date' missing support for 'opengl-update' and it shall work with al To make the ebiuld for Mesa-4.0.[12] you need to support 'opengl-update' see /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/files/4.2.0-r9/opengl-update=20 , /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.2.0-r9.ebuild=20 and /usr/portage/media-video/nvidia-glx/nvidia-glx-1.0.2880.ebuild And you may need to relink all programs/libs that use opengl if you get MesaOS support included.=20