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Bug 69025

Summary: New GD includes gif support - added to ebuild
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Jonathan Manning <jmanning>
Component: [OLD] LibraryAssignee: SpanKY <vapier>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://www.boutell.com/gd/faq.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: Updated ebuild

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