On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 10:31:05AM +0000, Joseph Koshy wrote: > > > jk> - Change the build to always use the libjpeg and libpng > jk> libraries bundled with the source package. > > kk> Why? This means that the port won't benefit from bug/security fixes > kk> and will need to manually patched (or more likely: overlooked). > > There's a bug in the application's "configure" script that prevents > it from detecting the presence of installed png/jpeg libraries. > > ... configure output ... > checking png.h usability... yes > checking png.h presence... yes > checking for png.h... yes > checking for png_read_info in -lpng... no > no libpng installed; building static version > checking jpeglib.h usability... yes > checking jpeglib.h presence... yes > checking for jpeglib.h... yes > checking for jpeg_start_decompress in -ljpeg... no > no libjpeg installed; building static version > ... > > So this change is a no-op and only has documentation value at this > point of time. > > This bug needs to be tracked down and fixed & fed upstream. > > In the meantime, I'm working on the assumption that the PLT group > tracks critical fixes to the 3rd-party code that they are redistributing.
OK, thanks. Kris
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