[arch-dev-public] [Warning] Don't build openGL apps against fglrx-utils' libGL.so
 

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:25:23 +0100
"Jan de Groot" <jan@jgc.homeip.net> wrote:

> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: arch-dev-public-bounces@archlinux.org [mailto:arch-dev-public-
> > bounces@archlinux.org] Namens Thomas Bächler
> > Verzonden: woensdag 21 november 2007 11:39
> > Aan: Public mailing list for ArchLinux development
> > Onderwerp: [arch-dev-public] [Warning] Don't build openGL apps
> > against fglrx-utils' libGL.so
> >
> > tpowa and I found this when we were trying to fix a wine bug: When
> > libgl
> > or nvidia-utils are installed, applications are linked against
> > "libGL.so.1":
> >
> > $ readelf -d /usr/lib/libGL.so|grep SONAME
> > 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname:
> > [libGL.so.1]
> >
> > However, if you try this command with fglrx-utils, it will return
> > 'libGL.so.1.2' as SONAME. The binaries this produces are compatible
> > with
> > libgl and fglrx-utils, but not with nvidia-utils, as the file
> > 'libGL.so.1.2' does not exist there (while libGL.so.1 does).
> >
> > Thus, to ensure compatibility with nvidia users, only build OpenGL
> > applications in environments where libgl or nvidia-utils is
> > installed.
>
> Can't we do the magic binary sed trick to get it replaced with
> libGL.so.1 in fglrx-utils libGL.so?
>

Or just add the libGL.so.1.2 symlink in the nvidia package?

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[arch-dev-public] [Warning] Don't build openGL apps against fglrx-utils' libGL.so
 

Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
> I think the problem was that my chroot dropped in fglrx-utils because pacman
> chooses to install the first packages that matches with libgl, which is
> unfortunately fglrx-utils :(

This has changed, the package name is now 'libgl' and not 'libgl-dri'.
Thus, 'libgl' is preferred over 'fglrx-utils'.

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