The difference is noticeable in dep files:
For 17.x,
http://tinycorelinux.net/17.x/x86_64/tcz/libEGL.tcz.dep:
mesa.tcz
wayland.tczThe 16.x one is the same.
For 15.x,
http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/x86_64/tcz/libEGL.tcz.dep:
libGL.tcz
wayland.tczand dependencies of the libGL are:
libXdamage.tcz
libXxf86vm.tcz
libdrm.tcz
libxshmfence.tczNo mesa is required.
I’m asking this question because the mesa.tcz required in the new version takes up more space, at least 30M adding its dependency llvm22-lib.tcz!
However, I just intend to run an application in TCL, which is considered a sandboxed environment. And I install TCL in VirtualBox without either graphic hardware acceleration enabled or graphic driver installed. The app is built on the electron, which embeds a browser and depends on libEGL forcefully (AFAIK). But it can function normally even if "GLX initialization error" emerged in terminal output (both on 15.x and 17.x). That is to say, this app doesn't rely on libEGL actually, and for me, after migrating to the 17.x version, the mesa is probably redundant and only makes TCL bloat.
Back to the main point, what changes lead to this? The changelog of libEGL
Change-log: 2014/02/14 first version
2014/10/28 updated 9.2.1 -> 10.3.2
2015/12/17 updated 10.3.2 -> 11.0.7
2016/08/01 updated 11.0.7 -> 12.0.1
2017/02/19 updated 12.0.1 -> 13.0.4
2017/09/14 updated 13.0.4 -> 17.2.0
2018/03/30 updated 17.2.0 -> 18.0.0
2019/04/04 updated 18.0.0 -> 19.0.1
2019/11/11 updated 19.0.1 -> 19.2.3
2019/11/23 recompiled
2020/12/06 updated 19.2.3 -> 20.3.0
2020/12/27 updated 20.3.0 -> 20.3.1
2022/01/16 updated 20.3.1 -> 21.3.4
2023/01/12 updated 21.3.4 -> 22.3.3
2023/04/13 updated 22.3.3 -> 22.3.7
2025/03/04 updated 22.3.7 -> 24.1.7
2025/10/16 updated 24.1.7 -> 25.2.5
Current: 2026/05/24 updated 25.2.5 -> 26.0.7only list an array of version codes (also for libGL). The thread about mesa updating in TCE News
Due to changes in the structure of the mesa graphics libraries several graphics extensions have been updated in the tc-16.x x86_64 repo.
only mentions there are changes in the structure of the mesa graphics libraries. So what exactly is it? Can I replace libEGL with the old version to get rid of the large mesa?
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