Re: [gentoo-dev] libpng update steps: How to do it without breaking things

[skaar]

* Spider (spider@g.o) [020415 21:33]:
> Hello, I've written this out a few times in subthreads, so here's a
> repost with step-by-step instructions on how to get the updated libpng
> installed and actually working.
>
>
> step-by-step guide for fixing libpng problems:
> 1)  emerge =libpng-1.2.1-r1
> 2) sh  /usr/portage/media-libs/libpng/files/libpng-update-libs.sh
> 2a) <get a listing of packages to rebuild>
> 3) emerge packages from 2a
> 4) sh /usr/portage/media-libs/libpng/files/libpng-update-bins.sh
> 4a) <get a listing of programs to rebuild>
> 5) emerge packages from 4a

the only thing that would need to be added here is the emerge order
of:

x11-libs/qt
kde-base/kdelibs

/skaar
>
>
> Cumbersome steps I know, (also see my first post Thu, 4 Apr 2002
> "[gentoo-user] Libpng 1.2.1 / force rebuild" )
>
> The main problem you are facing is that for some reason the system mixes
> libraries. since the symlinks from libpng.so.2 and libpng.so.3 are
> intact, I really don't understand -why- the dynamic linker loads the
> wrong version of libpng. This is the core of the problem you and many
> others are facing.
>
> The libraries generally affected are:
> kdelibs  imlib  imlib2  gdk-pixbuf  imagemagick  mozilla  gnome-libs
> cups gimp
>
>
>
> //Spider
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