[ATrpms-devel] nvidia includes

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On 9/20/06, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 06:41:24PM -0300, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> > Hi, Axel
> >
> > would you mind copying
> >
> > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-graphics8774-devel-1.0_8774/include/GL/*.h
> >
> > to
> >
> > /usr/include/GL
> >
> > In the next nvidia release?
>
> They will conflict with xorg-x11-devel or mesa-libGL-devel.


The idea is to replace them.

> For those who program the cards using extensions these files should
> > replace the original ones. And they will not affect anythibng else
> > otherwise.
>
> They would remove the other mentioned packages completely.


Yes. I know that. But the original ones could have their names changed to

glext.h.orig
gl.h.orig
glxext.h.orig
glx.h.orig

and be restored if nvidia is removed later.
Since nvidia driver replaces mesa opengl, I see no point in keeping the
original include files. The only way of using nvidia extensions is replacing
those files manually each time a new driver version is installed.

gl.h.orig, for instance, is full of defines to MESA, which is not used
anymore. Even for people not interested in extensions, the new includes are
completely compatible.

/Paulo Roma.
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