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MESA_GLSL_CACHE_{DIR,MAX_SIZE} is deprecated

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8645 · opened 2022-06-22 by cat-herders-of-linux · updated 2022-06-23 · 2 comments · github
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Ccat-herders-of-linux 2022-06-22 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): june 7 2022
  • Distribution (e.g. Arch): Arch
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

*** MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DIR is deprecated; use MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR instead ***
*** MESA_GLSL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE is deprecated; use MESA_SHADER_CACHE_MAX_SIZE instead ***

All i did was run steam in a terminal to see the output and got the above errors. steam seems to work but clearly something is off

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. open a terminal
  2. type steam
  3. press enter
  4. observe the output
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-06-23 github

Hello @cat-herders-of-linux, these are warnings, not errors. It is coming from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/15390.

Until the older environment variable is removed, nothing is broken and keeping it lets Steam's shader pre-cache properly support mesa older than 22.1.0.

Ccat-herders-of-linux 2022-06-23 github

well ok then