On 12/17/13 3:03 AM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote:
> 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
>

3) Doesn't build on 10.9. ;-)  cf. https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/bugs/1637/

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
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