From: M. L. <meh...@co...> - 2003-09-23 14:32:57
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> > > > It seems to me Mesa-5.0.2 has some serious bugs, some of them has already been > > mentioned in previous email to this list, This bugs may not be part of the > > actual program, but it the way Mesa is built using configure script. > > I think you should either pull it out or release another version soon. > > Well, there have been a few reports of trouble with autoconf/libtool > in 5.0.2, but not many. Evidently, it's working for most people. I'd > fix the problem, if I knew what it was. I don't think it is possible to compile Mesa using Makefile generated by configure. yes, you may compile it using the old style Makefile, or hack the Makefile generated from the configure file. Apart from the two above option there is no way to COMPLETELY compile Mesa. you may do it partially, > > In any case, autoconf/automake/libtool has been stripped out of Mesa > already and won't be in the next release (5.1). > This is absolutely a sad news. It seems instead of Mesa moving forward, it is going backward!! I 've been porting Mesa to HPUX for years now: http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Development/Libraries/Mesa-5.0/ I started porting to HPUX version 10.20-11.00 and then 11.00-11.20 and finally now I am porting it to 11.00-11.22 platforms. Since there are lot of differences between 11.00 and 11.22 platforms in the way the libraries are build and installed, going back to the idea of building Mesa using conventional Makefile is horrifiying. Thanks __Mehdi |