In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > I have xchat installed. An update is failing to install with error: > > libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libpng12.la' or unhandled > argument `/usr/lib/libpng12.la' > > libpng is installed: > > /usr/lib$eix libpng > [I] media-libs/libpng > Available versions: > (1.2) 1.2.44 > (0) 1.4.3 > Installed versions: 1.2.44(1.2)(06:16:49 PM 07/01/2010) 1.4.3(06:15:21 > PM 07/01/2010) > > Checking the lib directory, I find: > > /usr/lib/$ls libpng* > libpng12.so.0 libpng14.a libpng14.la libpng14.so libpng14.so.14 > libpng14.so.14.3.0 libpng.a libpng.la libpng.so > > Any suggestions on how I go about fixing this?
Have you run: # lafilefixer --justfixit It looks like the libpng update has removed /usr/lib/libpng12.la and /usr/lib/libpng.la is probably referencing this file. lafilefixer should fix this. You're running with both libpng 1.2 and libpng 1.4 installed. May I suggest you read: http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2010/06/29/stable-users-libpng-update Do you keep a log of emerge messages so that you can fix these issues as they arise? The file /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example gives examples of how to store all messages generated during an emerge update. These messages can save you a lot of grief later on. -- Regards, Gregory.
