[haskell-platform] #226: Ancient glut32.dll bundled with the Haskell platform

[haskell-platform]

#226: Ancient glut32.dll bundled with the Haskell platform
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 Reporter:  svenpanne  |       Owner:  dagit
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  major      |   Milestone:       
Component:  GLUT       |    Keywords:       
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 If I see things correctly,
 https://github.com/23Skidoo/haskell-platform-windows/tree/master/etc
 contains the glut32.dll which is installed via the Haskell platform
 installer when no other GLUT DLL can be found. The problem is that
 this DLL seems to contain an ancient GLUT version from 2001, which
 misses a lot of new features:

 {{{
 glutBitmapHeight
 glutBitmapString
 glutCloseFunc
 glutExit
 glutFullScreenToggle
 glutGetMenuData
 glutGetModeValues
 glutGetProcAddress
 glutGetWindowData
 glutInitContextFlags
 glutInitContextProfile
 glutInitContextVersion
 glutInitErrorFunc
 glutInitWarningFunc
 glutLeaveFullScreen
 glutLeaveMainLoop
 glutMainLoopEvent
 glutMenuDestroyFunc
 glutMouseWheelFunc
 glutMultiButtonFunc
 glutMultiEntryFunc
 glutMultiMotionFunc
 glutMultiPassiveFunc
 glutSetMenuData
 glutSetOption
 glutSetWindowData
 glutSolidCylinder
 glutSolidRhombicDodecahedron
 glutSolidSierpinskiSponge
 glutStrokeHeight
 glutStrokeString
 glutWMCloseFunc
 glutWireCylinder
 glutWireRhombicDodecahedron
 glutWireSierpinskiSponge
 }}}

 As one can see, a few really crucial features are missing, like the
 ability to cleanly exit the GLUT main loop, and much more importantly: The
 ability to create specific OpenGL contexts via glutInitContext*. The
 latter is extensively used in e.g. the current Red Book. A better DLL is
 e.g. in the MSVC package in http://www.transmissionzero.co.uk/software
 /freeglut-devel/ (linked from the freeglut SF page). As it is, the bundled
 glut32.dll is almost useless for modern OpenGL. :-(

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