Linking to libmir* seems to be of no value & is a roadblock to some things, ex. chromecast support in vlc.
Myself see no change when mesa is not patched for mir, if there is no value anymore then please remove from build.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: libegl1-mesa 17.2.4-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.14.0-13.15-generic 4.14.7
Uname: Linux 4.14.0-13-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
Date: Tue Dec 26 17:24:41 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
bbswitch, 0.8, 4.13.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
bbswitch, 0.8, 4.14.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-381, 381.22, 4.13.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [17aa:3801]
NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 755M] [10de:0fcd] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo GK107M [GeForce GT 755M] [17aa:3801]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-09 (47 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20171108)
MachineType: LENOVO 20217
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.14.0-13-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=ca35bdd1-3efc-4356-aa79-7226240b6d57 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: mesa
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/18/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 74CN44WW(V3.05)
dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: VIQY0Y1
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: 31900058STD
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr74CN44WW(V3.05):bd09/18/2013:svnLENOVO:pn20217:pvrLenovoIdeaPadY510P:rvnLENOVO:rnVIQY0Y1:rvr31900058STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoIdeaPadY510P:
dmi.product.family: IDEAPAD
dmi.product.name: 20217
dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20171116-0ubuntu1+ppa
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.89-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.4-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.4-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-0ubuntu0~ppa0~18.04.0
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2
considered only when Mir is fully ported to work as a Wayland client