[Xquartz-dev] libGL.1.2.dylib shipped with 2.3.3 RC5 makes applications crash

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>> I am confused, can you conjecture why if I replace the new  
>> libGL.dylib with the one from 2.3.2.1 it all works?
>
> Because of the way we used to implement libGL, it worked for you.   
> You were calling GL functions that were passed directly on to CGL by  
> the old GLX libGL, so you just got lucky that we implemented it that  
> way.

Thanks folks, I now understand.