On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:50:12 -0600 DJ Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > I am not very familiar with the libungif and giflib packages. the > > imlib instructions says one "or" the other. > > > > Are there any conflicts if both packages are installed? > > Is one preferable over the other, and if so, why? <snip> giflib is/was the > way to go, so long as it was kept to date with the libungif version, > which hasn't been an issue since 4.1.0b (again IIRC sometime in > early/mid 2004?). All but the dates are mentioned in the intro for > libungif in the book. Time was, when you could only use libungif without falling foul of the patent. Since 2004, as DJ says, there has been no reason to avoid giflib. I have not built libungif since about 2003, and everything works - you could thus easily drop libungif from the book. R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
