On 12/17/2013 1:41 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> On 11/24/13 8:03 AM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote:
>> On 11/24/2013 6:22 AM, Schindler Karl-Michael wrote:
>>>> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 18:56:00 -0500
>>>> From: Hanspeter Niederstrasser <f...@snaggledworks.com>
>>>> Subject: [Fink-devel] povray on 10.7 doesn't download
>>>> Message-ID: <52914090.7060...@snaggledworks.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>>
>>>> The newly added povray 3.6.1 on 10.7 doesn't download. The source file
>>>> is not found in the upstream download site (looks like it changed
>>>> directories).  Also, since it uses really old versions of graphics
>>>> libraries, it is not going to work on 10.9.  The website also says that
>>>> 3.7 is now out (from 2 weeks ago) and the changelog says libpng and
>>>> libjpeg support were modernized.
>>>>
>>>> Hanspeter
>>>
>>> I tried to build 3.7, but i did not manage. I also had a look at 3.7,
>>> whether the changes to use a newer libpng could be ported to 3.6.1.
>>> Again, beyond my capabilities. my plan is to fix the download site and
>>> also backport it.
>>>
>>> Michael.
>>
>> Try the attached info/patch for 3.7.  I was able to render one of the
>> included .pov files. (tested on 10.7).  Not sure if the
>> povray.conf/povray.ini directions need updating.
>>
>> Hanspeter
>>
>>
>>
>
> 2 problems so far
>
> 1.  There's a missing comma after "fink-package-precedence" in the
> BuildDepends.

oops.

> 2.  3.7.0.0 << 3.61 according to dpkg.

Could renumber to 3.70.0 since upstream seems to have a fairly loose 
interpretation of how version numbers work anyway (though at this point 
I don't remember where the final '0' came from).

Hanspeter


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