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Bug 69025 - New GD includes gif support - added to ebuild
Summary: New GD includes gif support - added to ebuild
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: SpanKY
URL: http://www.boutell.com/gd/faq.html
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Reported: 2004-10-26 08:14 UTC by Jonathan Manning
Modified: 2004-10-26 10:45 UTC (History)
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Runtime testing required: ---


Attachments
Updated ebuild (gd-2.0.28-r1.ebuild,1.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2004-10-26 08:17 UTC, Jonathan Manning
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Description Jonathan Manning 2004-10-26 08:14:53 UTC
From the referenced URL: 
(GIF support is back, thanks to the expiration of the patent, but gd can draw much more than GIFs.)
Does gd support GIF images?
Yes. Support for GIF was restored in gd 2.0.28 on July 21st, 2004. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:





3 line change to ebuild:

IUSE: add gif
DEPEND:
gif? ( media-libs/giflib media-libs/libungif )

econf
     `use_with gif` \
Comment 1 Jonathan Manning 2004-10-26 08:17:03 UTC
Created attachment 42631 [details]
Updated ebuild
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2004-10-26 10:45:11 UTC
gif is always enabled ... it doesnt require external libs

previous ebuilds had the USE=gif because it required downloading an external patch