On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 08:56:59PM -0500, Charles Lepple wrote:
> On Feb 6, 2008 8:47 PM, Stan Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Feb 6, 2008, at 6:48 PM, Pierre-Henri Lavigne wrote:
> [...]
> > >  p   giflib                        [virtual package]
> > >  i   giflib-bin       4.1.4-2      GIF image format handling
> > >  i   giflib-shlibs    4.1.4-2      GIF image format handling
> [...]
> > >  i   libungif         4.1.4-1      GIF image format handling
> > >      libungif-bin     4.1.4-1      GIF image format handling
> > >      libungif-shlibs  4.1.4-1      GIF image format handling
> >
> > For what it's worth... I have the same platform and OS, but am still
> > using developer tools 2.4.1. I just updated FontForge successfully. I
> > note that your giflib is listed as a virtual package, while mine is
> > provided through Fink (giflib 4.1.4-2). Perhaps tools 2.5 provides
> > this package(?)
> 
> It looks like the virtual package is coming from libungif.
> 
> Now that the primary LZW patent has expired, it is probably best to
> remove libungif and use the real giflib package (especially if you
> have giflib-shlibs installed).
> 
> Not sure if that will solve the problem, but it should make it simpler
> to diagnose.

Indeed. The packages aren't *literally* drop-in replacements for each
other IIRC, I think one acts like an upgrade vs the other...swappable
by fink by symbols or file-locations get wacky if you mix'n'match.

dan

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