#11696: The libpng12 spkg should also create symbolic links from `libpng.*` for
its
libraries
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Reporter: leif | Owner: leif
Type: defect | Status:
needs_work
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-5.8
Component: packages | Resolution:
Keywords: PNG libpng spkg | Work issues:
Report Upstream: N/A | Reviewers: Dmitrii
Pasechnik
Authors: Leif Leonhardy, Jean-Pierre Flori | Merged in:
Dependencies: | Stopgaps:
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Comment (by dimpase):
Replying to [comment:32 jpflori]:
> And doesn't it work on Mac OSes with case sensitive filesystems?
> I think one of Apple's trick is to name their library libPng.dylib, but
in the end their filesystem is case insensitive...
Replying to [comment:31 jpflori]:
> For future reference, I just fell on
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/unix-porting/2008/Sep/msg00026.html
reading this makes me think that we don't want to mess around with this.
The root of the problem is that the *usual* filesystem used by Apple is
case-insensitive, and this makes libPNG indistinguishable from libpng.
http://lists.apple.com/archives/unix-porting/2008/Sep/msg00030.html
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