Bug 329911

Summary:	Libpng widely used but does not provide .la file
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	John <dev-jay>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	major	CC:	randrik
Priority:	Highest
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description John 2010-07-26 13:42:14 UTC

The are a whole lot of applications requiring libpng12, but they all fail to link because libpng12 does not provide a .la file. I tried to create one from libpng14 but no use. Also linking libpng14.la to libpng12.la does not do the trick.

Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-07-26 13:47:15 UTC

Run the script mentioned in libpng-1.4.3's postinst message. It will fix the .la files to not require libpng12* anymore.

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-10-04 15:11:36 UTC

*** Bug 339711 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Andrew Randrianasulu 2010-10-04 15:27:46 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Run the script mentioned in libpng-1.4.3's postinst message. It will fix the
> .la files to not require libpng12* anymore.
> 

script requires  app-prortage/portage-utils. It was not installed on my system ... can we make it dependency for libpng14 ?

Comment 4 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-10-04 16:12:44 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > Run the script mentioned in libpng-1.4.3's postinst message. It will fix the
> > .la files to not require libpng12* anymore.
> > 
> 
> script requires  app-prortage/portage-utils. It was not installed on my system
> ... can we make it dependency for libpng14 ?
> 

No.