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I faced the same problem, thank you. |
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On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Gregory Shearman <zekeyg@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: |
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>> I have xchat installed. An update is failing to install with error: |
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>> libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libpng12.la' or unhandled |
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>> argument `/usr/lib/libpng12.la' |
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>> |
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>> libpng is installed: |
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>> |
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>> /usr/lib$eix libpng |
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>> [I] media-libs/libpng |
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>> Available versions: |
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>> (1.2) 1.2.44 |
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>> (0) 1.4.3 |
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>> Installed versions: 1.2.44(1.2)(06:16:49 PM 07/01/2010) 1.4.3(06:15:21 |
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>> PM 07/01/2010) |
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>> Checking the lib directory, I find: |
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>> |
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>> /usr/lib/$ls libpng* |
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>> libpng12.so.0 libpng14.a libpng14.la libpng14.so libpng14.so.14 |
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>> libpng14.so.14.3.0 libpng.a libpng.la libpng.so |
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>> Any suggestions on how I go about fixing this? |
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> Have you run: |
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> # lafilefixer --justfixit |
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> It looks like the libpng update has removed /usr/lib/libpng12.la and |
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> /usr/lib/libpng.la is probably referencing this file. lafilefixer should |
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> fix this. |
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> You're running with both libpng 1.2 and libpng 1.4 installed. May I |
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> suggest you read: |
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> http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2010/06/29/stable-users-libpng-update |
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> Do you keep a log of emerge messages so that you can fix these issues |
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> as they arise? |
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> The file /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example gives examples of |
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> how to store all messages generated during an emerge update. These |
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> messages can save you a lot of grief later on. |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> Gregory. |
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