[Plib-devel] Tadaaaa ... or not

[John D. <sf...@av...>]

The instructions say:
> 
>      tar xzf plib-1.8.4.tar.gz
>      cd plib-1.8.4
>      ./configure ; make install
> 
> Tadaaaa!

That's a quote from
   http://plib.sourceforge.net/download.html

However, when I follow the instructions, it doesn't say Tadaaaa;
instead it says

> checking for glNewList in -lGL... no
> checking for glNewList in -lMesaGL... no
> configure: error: could not find working GL library

Playing games with the --with-GL=whatever option didn't help.

FWIW, plib-1.8.5-rc1 exhibits the same behavior.

That's even though the following program compiles and indeed
runs without error:

#include <GL/gl.h>

int main() {
   GLuint foo;
   GLenum bar;
   glNewList(foo, bar);
}

It compiles and links under either of the commands:
      g++ test.c -lGL
      gcc test.c -lGL

This is under Debian "etch".

Any help or hints would be appreciated.

===========================

On a related note, I tried to check out the "cvs" versions,
but all attempts failed.  The cvs login command promptly
asked for a password, so I assume the server is alive, but
then it did nothing for a while and timed out without having
accomplished anything.

I searched for instructions for how to do this and didn't
find anything that worked.
   http://www.google.com/search?q=cvs+site:plib.sourceforge.net

Would somebody care to explain whether/how cvs access works
on the plib site?