Re: imlib and libpng [was: gnome-libs + Debian = chokes!]

[raster redhat com]

On  7 Dec, Erik Andersen scribbled:
->  On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Tomas Ogren wrote:
->  
->  > On 07 December, 1998 - Erik Andersen sent me these 0.9K bytes:
->  > 
->  > > On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Hawlisch Martin wrote:
->  > > 
->  > > > I'm using Debian too, but I don't use the packages because I ran into
->  > > > version problems too. I'm now using all the stuff (glib, gtk+,
->  > > > gtk-engines, imlib, audiofile, esound, ORBit, gnome-libs, ...) from CVS.
->  > > > Works fine.
->  > > > 
->  > > 
->  > > I started down that path, but imlib won't compile with libpng 1.0.2.
->  > > For some strange reason it wants 1.0.1, which is not available at the 
->  > > upstream site.  I checked at ftp.redhat.com, and I only saw linpng 1.0.2,
->  > > which is what Debian has.  I have no idea how to get the right lib source,
->  > > so it won't build.
->  > 
->  > IIRC, libpng 1.0.2 has a totally broken alpha-implementation.. Sources
->  > can be found at ftp.cdrom.com/pub/png/src/
->  > 
->  > They have both 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 (guess why...)
->  > 
->  > /Tomas
->  
->  Thanks for the info. I'll grab it there.
->  
->  Seems like if libpng has a problem with its alpha code, then the 
->  Right Thing(tm) would be to fix libpng, not revert to an old release.
->  That would ensure that everyone knows about the problem and deals with 
->  it by upgrading.  Is the upstream libpng maintainer missing, or unwilling
->  to fix the problem?

they have been mailed and informed of the bug - the only solution right
now is to downgrade until some libpng maintainer moves to fix it.

->   -Erik
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