[bug#49339] [PATCH core-updates] gnu: mesa: Update to 21.1.4.

[Maxime Devos]

John Kehayias via Guix-patches via schreef op do 08-07-2021 om 01:35 [+0000]:
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> On Monday, July 5th, 2021 at 11:35 AM:
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> > libepoxy doesn't build (patch paths?). On #guix there was discussion of 
> > fixing these problems, could an updated patch be sent here for testing?
> 
> This was easy to solve: I switched where libepoxy was looking for EGL and GL 
> libraries to use libglvnd rather than mesa, as well as adding libglvnd as an 
> input. Also added libglvnd as an input into xorg-server.
> 
> Looking at other packages that depend on e.g. libepoxy/mesa/etc. seems like 
> many will need libglvnd as an input now? Is that what we want to move to (I 
> take it is optional, but perhaps a move in the right direction)?

If with this update of mesa, (almost) every package using mesa also needs 
libglvnd,
then why not add 'libglvnd' to the propagated-inputs mesa, for about the same 
reasons
that 'atk' has 'glib' in 'propagated-inputs'?

Not sure if the comparison applies though.

Greetings,
Maxime

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