Re: [Mesa3d-dev] Intro & question

[Brian P. <br...@va...>]

Paul Garceau wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
>         Some time ago I wrote a .bat file (mingw32) in order to allow a
> port of Mesa3d for the mingw (native gnu windows) compiler.
> 
>         It has recently come to my attention that the build did not
> have (3.3 latest release) a header file called mesa_wgl.h
> available in the include folder/directory.
> 
>         I researched it a bit and noticed that it would probably be
> fine if I simply copied the file from a stable release version.
> 
>         So, after copying the file from the cvs repository and moving
> it into the 3.3 include/gl directory, I went ahead and ran the
> .bat program again (in lieu of trying to write a whole new make
> sequence).
> 
>         Remembering what I read in the archives (dev) about mesa_wgl.h,
> there was no mention of what exactly had happened to mesa_wgl.h
> outside of Brians' last modifications dated back in May which
> stated:
> 
>         "moved a lot of Window-isms out of gl.h into other files".
> Apparently a few of those Window-isms were moved into
> mesa_wgl.h.
> 
>         Since then I have seen no further revisions in the repository
> for mesa_wgl.h.
> 
>         Currently, the native mingw32 [dev] build (not pgi-mingw32) is
> broken.
> 
>         Question:
> 
>                 In the compile line, it is noted that the following switches
> have been set:
> 
>          -DWIN32 -D__WIN32__ -D_WINDOWS
> 
>         I am assuming this is an attempt to differentiate between
> various Windows compilers.
> 
>         Is this an accurate assumption?


The include/GL/mesa_wgl.h file was accidently omitted from the 3.2.1
and 3.3 releases.  It'll be there in the next release.  I'm attaching
a copy of it.

I have no idea if it actually works.  I don't maintain the Windows
or mingw32 stuff and few people seem interested in it anymore.

-Brian