Bug#330755: libgl1-mesa-dri-dev: no man pages

Nik A. Melchior melchior at cmu.edu
Thu Sep 29 16:51:47 UTC 2005


Package: libgl1-mesa-dri-dev
Version: 6.3.2-2
Severity: wishlist

I recently traded xlibmesa-gl for libgl1-mesa-dri in hopes of getting better
3D support on my laptop.  I'll admit that I don't really understand the
differences between all the packages that provide libGL.so, but if I properly
understood Marcelo's recent explanation[1], I think I have the right package
now.

The problem is that xlibmesa-gl-dev contains man pages for opengl, but
libgl1-mesa-dri-dev does not.  I would assume that since both of these
packages provide similar functionality, they should both provide the
documentation (or the docs could be split into a separate package).

For an example of the problem, try `apt-file search glColor.3x.gl', or do the
seach on the web[2].

[1]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/08/msg01886.html
[2]: http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?version=unstable&arch=i386&case=sensitive&word=glColor.3x.gz&searchmode=searchfiles

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-swsusp2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages libgl1-mesa-dri-dev depends on:
ii  libc6-dev                     2.3.5-6    GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri               6.3.2-2    A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  mesa-common-dev               6.3.2-2    Developer documentation for Mesa

libgl1-mesa-dri-dev recommends no packages.

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