What's the objection to linking PIL statically against libjpeg?  It
would remove a lot of uncertainty in the build.  PIL seems to be the
only place libjpeg is used.

On Nov 13, 12:44 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Bill Janssen <bill.jans...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, I think that's right, Justin.
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> > I just tried this:
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> > 1.  Build libpng and libjpeg, static-only, and install to SAGE_LOCAL/
> > lib/.
> > 2.  Build Imaging-1.1.7 (after setting CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS to point
> > to SAGE_LOCAL), and install to SAGE_LOCAL/lib.
> > 3.  Remove my /opt/local/lib/ directory.
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> > Now Image.open() and .show() work fine.
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> > I think this should become part of the Sage build process, if it isn't
> > already.
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> No way.  Either we include libjpeg properly with Sage (and link it
> dynamically), or we make sure that our build machines don't have stuff
> in /opt that produces bad binaries.
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> I think including libjpeg at some point is reasonable, assuming that
> it is legal these days. (Is it?)
>
>  -- William
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> >   That way you won't wind up with "improper builds".  You can
> > delete the PNG and JPEG libraries after building PIL, as they're now
> > statically linked into the PIL libraries.
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> > So, why not build libpng and libjpeg dynamically?  Because Sage also
> > sets DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (usually a bad indicator on Macs), and the
> > dynamic version would override the versions various system frameworks
> > (like ImageIO) are supposed to link against.  Might it make more sense
> > to use DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH for this purpose?
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> > Bill
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> > On Nov 13, 11:50 am, "Justin C. Walker" <jus...@mac.com> wrote:
> >> On Nov 13, 2011, at 09:59 , Bill Janssen wrote:
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> >> > You're implying that 4.7.1 or 4.7.2 fix this issue in some way?  I
> >> > don't see anything in the release notes which would cause me to
> >> > suspect that.
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> >> Unless I'm still too caffeine-deprived, I think the issue is that you are 
> >> one of the first to try the Mac OS X 10.5 binary release of 4.7, at least 
> >> with something involving this particular library.
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> >> There is no (i.e., doesn't seem to be an) issue for those who are using 
> >> either a different binary or have built from source (at least, your 
> >> primordial example works for me) (once I change my name to "wjanssen" :-}).
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> >> This doesn't seem to be a problem in Sage that needs to be fixed.  It 
> >> seems to be a problem with one (or perhaps more than one) binary that has 
> >> been built improperly.
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> >> If someone else doesn't verify this first, I'll try to get to it tomorrow.
>
> >> Justin
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> >> --
> >> Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large
> >> Director
> >> Institute for the Enhancement of the Director's income
> >> -----------
> >> --
> >> They said it couldn't be done, but sometimes,
> >> it doesn't work out that way.
> >>   - Casey Stengel
> >> --
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