On 6/29/2012 7:08 AM, Jean-Francois Donati wrote: > when i explicitly specify that i want to link with libpng15, ie by invoking > -lpng15 > instead of > -lpng > then everything compiles ok. > this looks weird as libpng.a correctly points to libpng15.a in /sw/lib > > [robinson]<lib> ls -l /sw/lib/*libpng* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 176908 Apr 9 13:36 /sw/lib/libpng.3.dylib* > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 10 Apr 9 13:35 /sw/lib/libpng.a@ -> libpng15.a > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 14 Apr 9 13:35 /sw/lib/libpng.dylib@ -> > libpng15.dylib > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11 Apr 9 13:35 /sw/lib/libpng.la@ -> > libpng15.la > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 176940 Apr 9 13:36 /sw/lib/libpng12.0.dylib* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 176280 Apr 9 13:35 /sw/lib/libpng14.14.dylib* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 194412 Apr 9 13:35 /sw/lib/libpng15.15.dylib* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 628832 Apr 9 13:35 /sw/lib/libpng15.a > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 17 Apr 9 13:35 /sw/lib/libpng15.dylib@ -> > libpng15.15.dylib > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 913 Apr 9 13:35 /sw/lib/libpng15.la* > > how can -lpng not be equivalent to -lpng15 in this context??
From your original linker line: -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -Wl,-framework -Wl,Foundation -L/sw/lib ... -lpng -lpng will be first searched for in /usr/X11R6/lib, and will pick up libpng.dylib from there. Put -L/sw/lib before -L/usr/X11R6/lib, and Fink's libpng.dylib will be used. Hanspeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
