libpng dependencies

Harold Hunt huntharo@msu.edu
Thu May 23 21:29:00 GMT 2002


Chuck,

I just fixed the WindowMaker setup.hint.  I couldn't figure out what was
where when I made the dependency, so I just picked the cleanest looking name
:)  Thanks for pointing this out.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Charles Wilson
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:50 PM
> To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
> Subject: libpng dependencies
>
>
> Attn maintainers:
>
> There are a number of packages that list 'libpng' as a requirement.
> However, that's probably incorrect.  You probably want to depend on
> 'libpng10' (which contains cygpng10.dll) or 'libpng12' (which contains
> cygpng12.dll) or 'libpng2' (which contains cygpng2.dll).
>
> Also, some packages list BOTH 'libpng' and 'libpng10' as requirements.
> I'm pretty sure that's wrong, since 'libpng' really only contains
> documentation these days.  It's possible you want to require 'libpng10'
> and 'libpng12-devel'.
>
> Please check your setup.hints:
>    WindowMaker
>    tetex
>    texmf-base
>    texmf-tiny
>
> Ghostscript maintainer: be sure to update your libpng2 dependency to the
> appropriate package (libpng10 or libpng12) the next time you recompile.
>
> --Chuck
>



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