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On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 04:10 -0500, Armando Di Cianno wrote: |
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> On 2005-03-21 04:00:26 -0500 Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o> |
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> > On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 00:41 +0900, Chris White wrote: |
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> >> So.. basically: |
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> >> 1) libungif and giflib both install -lgif |
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> > Since when ??? |
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> Yes, giflib installs libgif and ungif installs libungif. So, "since |
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> always." |
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Right, but the one you need -lgif, and the other you need -lungif .... |
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So I do not see your point. |
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> >> 2) They don't block each other |
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> > Why should they?? |
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> Because they at least overwrite .... (see next section) |
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Right, see next section. |
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> >> 3) libungif does some weird thing where it deletes the giflib header |
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> >> file |
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> >> (probably because they aren't blocking each other?) |
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> > Huh??? |
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> /usr/include/gif_lib.h |
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If they now do this, then somebody broke them recently: |
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nosferatu linux-2.6-bk # epm -ql libungif | grep include |
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nosferatu linux-2.6-bk # epm -ql giflib | grep include |
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/usr/include/gif_lib.h |
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nosferatu linux-2.6-bk # |
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> >> So, they pretty much install the same thing... Can I put a blocker |
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> >> on this? |
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> >> Or does someone have a valid reason why I shouldn't... |
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> > I'll say because you are on crack is a good reason, but then I would |
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> > be |
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> > nasty. |
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> While not a pressing bug, imho, giflib and libungif have no reason to |
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> both be on a system (anymore, with the LZW patent being expired). |
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> They do seemingly overwrite each others files, however, and that is an |
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> issue. Things just so happen to keep working, as they are 100% |
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> compatbile, it seems (gif_lib.h seems to work from either, for either |
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> ... "seems to"). |
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I did not say there we not compatible, but we used to have them not |
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overwrite each other. |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |