Re: [gentoo-user] libpng15: fltk & graphicsmagick failed to build

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 12:59 PM,  <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
>> Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> [11-10-17 18:40]:
>>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 7:42 PM,  <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > after updating to lipng15 and rebuilding all needed stuff, fltk
>>> > and graphicsmagick exhibit build failures:
>>> >
>>>
>>> I got similar errors for some other package on my wife's machine last
>>> night. In that case they were solved by using the ~amd64 version of
>>> the package.
>>>
>>> - Mark
>>>
>>
>> ...and I thought, the credo is "dont mix 'em"....
>
> Unless you know what you're doing, or can avoid annoying someone who does.
>
> This is a transition period for libpng, and those are always messy.
> They're still working on getting things stabilized, as a lot of
> currently masked versions are the only versions with libpng15 support.

Hm. Actually, there's a phrase someone I know likes to say: "There are
universal principles, but there are no universal applications." So you
shouldn't mix 'em, except when you have to.

(Though, if you find you have to, it's probably worthwhile filing a
bug asking for a stabilization request.)

-- 
:wq