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From: Armando Di Cianno <fafhrd@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] giflib and libungif hell
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:11:30
Message-Id: 858ca0cf3f06aa973d344caca9e33897@nephiliah
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] giflib and libungif hell by Martin Schlemmer
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4 On 2005-03-21 04:00:26 -0500 Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o>
5 wrote:
6
7 > On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 00:41 +0900, Chris White wrote:
8 >> So.. basically:
9 >>
10 >> 1) libungif and giflib both install -lgif
11 >
12 > Since when ???
13 Yes, giflib installs libgif and ungif installs libungif. So, "since
14 always."
15
16
17 >> 2) They don't block each other
18 >
19 > Why should they??
20 Because they at least overwrite .... (see next section)
21
22 >> 3) libungif does some weird thing where it deletes the giflib header
23 >> file
24 >> (probably because they aren't blocking each other?)
25 >>
26 >
27 > Huh???
28 /usr/include/gif_lib.h
29
30 >> So, they pretty much install the same thing... Can I put a blocker
31 >> on this?
32 >> Or does someone have a valid reason why I shouldn't...
33 >>
34 >
35 > I'll say because you are on crack is a good reason, but then I would
36 > be
37 > nasty.
38 While not a pressing bug, imho, giflib and libungif have no reason to
39 both be on a system (anymore, with the LZW patent being expired).
40 They do seemingly overwrite each others files, however, and that is an
41 issue. Things just so happen to keep working, as they are 100%
42 compatbile, it seems (gif_lib.h seems to work from either, for either
43 ... "seems to").
44
45 __armando di cianno
46 fafhrd@×××××.org
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Re: [gentoo-dev] giflib and libungif hell Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o>