id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
1996	LibTIFF Glut Library dependency is confusing	Randy McMurchy	blfs-book@…	"The LibTIFF instructions show a dependency of a Glut library
which can be fulfilled by installing the Mesa package, or
the freeglut package. This is confusing.

LibTIFF already has a dependency of X. If you install Xorg-7,
then (according to existing BLFS notes) the Mesa package will
have already been installed, and a Glut library dependency is
not required. So right off the bat there is confusion.

This should be explained. Additionally, it may be best to just
list the freeglut dependency, instead of the entire Mesa
package as a way to fulfill the Glut dependency. Freeglut is
a stand-alone package which installs just the Glut libraries.

Mesa is a much more comprehensive package, that quite frankly,
is overkill for this situation.

Bottom line is that if someone installs the Mesa package 
thinking that they are fulfilling the Glut dependency, and
they have Xorg6.9 or Xfree on their system, then there is
going to be overwrites/conflicts.

This must be explained, or the Mesa dependency removed."	defect	closed	normal	6.2.0	BOOK	SVN	medium	fixed