Bug 322797 – media-libs/libpng-1.2.43-r3:1.2: ebuild doesn't create the static library

• Status: VERIFIED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Sergey 'L29Ah' Alirzaev 2010-06-04 22:21:39 UTC]

There's only libpng12.so.0 created in /usr/lib, when gtk+ and some others requiring libpng12.{,l}a. Non-slotted ebuild doesn't have such a behaviour.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2010-06-04 22:28:01 UTC]

and there shouldn't.   

the slotted version is for binary-only applications, only the .so is required. it's designed to be co-installed with >= libpng-1.4.

[Comment 2 Sergey 'L29Ah' Alirzaev 2010-06-04 22:42:41 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> and there shouldn't.   
> 
> the slotted version is for binary-only applications, only the .so is required.
> it's designed to be co-installed with >= libpng-1.4.
> 

So how am i supposed install gtk+ then?

[Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2010-06-04 22:51:06 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > and there shouldn't.   
> > 
> > the slotted version is for binary-only applications, only the .so is required.
> > it's designed to be co-installed with >= libpng-1.4.
> > 
> 
> So how am i supposed install gtk+ then?
> 

If you just upgraded to libpng-1.4.2, then you need to run the script that came with it, `/usr/sbin/libpng-1.4.x-update.sh` to fix .la files, likely also re-emerge x11-libs/cairo, and run `revdep-rebuild --library libpng12.so.0`.

(Hard to say because you never posted a build.log of gtk+ failing. :-)

[Comment 4 Sergey 'L29Ah' Alirzaev 2010-06-04 23:32:23 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> 
> If you just upgraded to libpng-1.4.2, then you need to run the script that came
> with it, `/usr/sbin/libpng-1.4.x-update.sh` to fix .la files, likely also
> re-emerge x11-libs/cairo, and run `revdep-rebuild --library libpng12.so.0`.
> 

> (Hard to say because you never posted a build.log of gtk+ failing. :-)
> 

Thanks, this fixed the problem. I really should've read these elog's :3
Sorry for the noise.