Not only does the latest libpng library need a .so link, so do the older ones: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jun 20 15:04 /usr/lib/libpng15.so -> /usr/lib/libpng15.so.15 I found this when compiling media-sound/grip. Reproducible: Always
(In reply to Kris Kersey from comment #0) > Not only does the latest libpng library need a .so link no, they don't. they are not meant to be used for compiling against, they are designed in specific for binary-only packages that can't be rebuilt and they don't need the .so symlink. > , so do the older > ones: > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jun 20 15:04 /usr/lib/libpng15.so -> > /usr/lib/libpng15.so.15 > > I found this when compiling media-sound/grip. then you have broken *.la libtool archive files on your system that need removing because they have outdated dependency_libs='' line inside of them with values pointing to the old libpng. that'd make this a duplicate of... *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 319101 ***