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From: Milos Negovanovic <milosn@××××××××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] libpng update steps: How to do it without breaking things
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 02:40:06
Message-Id: 20020416194208.354a4d25.milosn@slingshot.co.nz
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] libpng update steps: How to do it without breaking things by Spider
1 On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 03:09:18 +0200
2 Spider <spider@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Hello, I've written this out a few times in subthreads, so here's a
5 > repost with step-by-step instructions on how to get the updated libpng
6 > installed and actually working.
7 >
8 >
9 > step-by-step guide for fixing libpng problems:
10 > 1) emerge =libpng-1.2.1-r1
11 > 2) sh /usr/portage/media-libs/libpng/files/libpng-update-libs.sh
12 > 2a) <get a listing of packages to rebuild>
13 > 3) emerge packages from 2a
14 > 4) sh /usr/portage/media-libs/libpng/files/libpng-update-bins.sh
15 > 4a) <get a listing of programs to rebuild>
16 > 5) emerge packages from 4a
17 >
18 >
19 > Cumbersome steps I know, (also see my first post Thu, 4 Apr 2002
20 > "[gentoo-user] Libpng 1.2.1 / force rebuild" )
21 >
22 > The main problem you are facing is that for some reason the system
23 > mixes libraries. since the symlinks from libpng.so.2 and libpng.so.3
24 > are intact, I really don't understand -why- the dynamic linker loads
25 > the wrong version of libpng. This is the core of the problem you and
26 > many others are facing.
27 >
28 > The libraries generally affected are:
29 > kdelibs imlib imlib2 gdk-pixbuf imagemagick mozilla gnome-libs
30 > cups gimp
31 >
32 >
33 >
34 > //Spider
35 > --
36 > begin .signature
37 > This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature!
38 > See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information.
39 > end
40 >
41 hello,
42 the path to 'qpkg' seems to be '/usr/bin/qpkg', and not '/usr/sbin/qpkg'
43 like stated in these 2 scripts. Milos

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