Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Daniel D Jones <ddjones@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] emerge xchat fails
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:08:11
Message-Id: 201008152046.02507.ddjones@riddlemaster.org
1 I have xchat installed. An update is failing to install with error:
2
3 libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libpng12.la' or unhandled
4 argument `/usr/lib/libpng12.la'
5
6 libpng is installed:
7
8 /usr/lib$eix libpng
9 [I] media-libs/libpng
10 Available versions:
11 (1.2) 1.2.44
12 (0) 1.4.3
13 Installed versions: 1.2.44(1.2)(06:16:49 PM 07/01/2010) 1.4.3(06:15:21
14 PM 07/01/2010)
15
16 Checking the lib directory, I find:
17
18 /usr/lib/$ls libpng*
19 libpng12.so.0 libpng14.a libpng14.la libpng14.so libpng14.so.14
20 libpng14.so.14.3.0 libpng.a libpng.la libpng.so
21
22 Any suggestions on how I go about fixing this?
23
24 --
25 "To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is alone the distinction of
26 merit - general knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess." -
27 William Blake