Re: firefox png
[ Polytropon wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 2:00:15 +0200 ] On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On That should be the default. Anyway, you can always check which options had been in use when building and installing a port: % cat /var/db/ports/png/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servicable parts inside! # Options for png-1.4.8 _OPTIONS_READ=png-1.4.8 WITH_APNG=true In this example you can see that it has been properly installed. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. Sadly the Firefox build error message is not included. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? I'm sure this entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING applies: 20120531: AFFECTS: users of graphics/png AUTHOR: din...@freebsd.org The PNG library has been updated to version 1.5.10. Please rebuild all ports that depend on it. I built Firefox 14 a couple of days ago and png installed is now version 1.5.12. So an updated ports tree should incorporate that change now shouldn't it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: firefox png
+++ Jamie Paul Griffin [23/08/12 07:54 +0100]: [ Polytropon wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 2:00:15 +0200 ] On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On That should be the default. Anyway, you can always check which options had been in use when building and installing a port: % cat /var/db/ports/png/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servicable parts inside! # Options for png-1.4.8 _OPTIONS_READ=png-1.4.8 WITH_APNG=true In this example you can see that it has been properly installed. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. Sadly the Firefox build error message is not included. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? I'm sure this entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING applies: 20120531: AFFECTS: users of graphics/png AUTHOR: din...@freebsd.org The PNG library has been updated to version 1.5.10. Please rebuild all ports that depend on it. I built Firefox 14 a couple of days ago and png installed is now version 1.5.12. So an updated ports tree should incorporate that change now shouldn't it. true, but from what i have been able to sniff out on my own, ports configuration data are stored in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree, so that if png has been installed already you do a make showconfig in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the data are read from files in /usr/local/include, if you run make config in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the files affected by any change are in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree. this has been a learning experience for me prolly will continue to be as others here correct me. david coder ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
port configuration data [was re: firefox png]
+++ david coder [23/08/12 12:26 -0400]: +++ Jamie Paul Griffin [23/08/12 07:54 +0100]: [ Polytropon wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 2:00:15 +0200 ] On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On That should be the default. Anyway, you can always check which options had been in use when building and installing a port: % cat /var/db/ports/png/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servicable parts inside! # Options for png-1.4.8 _OPTIONS_READ=png-1.4.8 WITH_APNG=true In this example you can see that it has been properly installed. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. Sadly the Firefox build error message is not included. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? I'm sure this entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING applies: 20120531: AFFECTS: users of graphics/png AUTHOR: din...@freebsd.org The PNG library has been updated to version 1.5.10. Please rebuild all ports that depend on it. I built Firefox 14 a couple of days ago and png installed is now version 1.5.12. So an updated ports tree should incorporate that change now shouldn't it. true, but from what i have been able to sniff out on my own, ports configuration data are stored in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree, so that if png has been installed already you do a make showconfig in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the data are read from files in /usr/local/include, if you run make config in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the files affected by any change are in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree. this has been a learning experience for me prolly will continue to be as others here correct me. david coder ___ it's happened already: in another post here, polytropon gives a more central role to /var/db/ports/png/options. if i understand him correctly, make showconfig executed in /usr/ports/graphics/png reads from that file. changes made through make config change both that file files in /usr/local/include subdirectories thereof. please correct me if i'm wrong. david coder ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: firefox png
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:26:18 -0400, david coder wrote: +++ Jamie Paul Griffin [23/08/12 07:54 +0100]: [ Polytropon wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 2:00:15 +0200 ] On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On That should be the default. Anyway, you can always check which options had been in use when building and installing a port: % cat /var/db/ports/png/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servicable parts inside! # Options for png-1.4.8 _OPTIONS_READ=png-1.4.8 WITH_APNG=true In this example you can see that it has been properly installed. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. Sadly the Firefox build error message is not included. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? I'm sure this entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING applies: 20120531: AFFECTS: users of graphics/png AUTHOR: din...@freebsd.org The PNG library has been updated to version 1.5.10. Please rebuild all ports that depend on it. I built Firefox 14 a couple of days ago and png installed is now version 1.5.12. So an updated ports tree should incorporate that change now shouldn't it. true, but from what i have been able to sniff out on my own, ports configuration data are stored in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree, so that if png has been installed already you do a make showconfig in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the data are read from files in /usr/local/include, if you run make config in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the files affected by any change are in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree. That's not fully correct. Ports _configuration_ (what you select with make configure) is not stored inside the ports tree -- so far correct. It's _not_ stored in /usr/local/include. Anything that will go to those directory subtree will be installed there only by a make install step, not by make configure. The options set for a port by make configure (even if no make or make install follows) is /var/db/ports/name/options, where name is the name of the port in question. This data will be queried by make showconfig. See the example shown above. make configure - data into /var/db/ports/name/options make - data into /usr/ports/category/name/work/... make install - data into /usr/local and its subtrees The directory /usr/local/include is intended to hold header files for interfacing with various libraries. It doesn't have anything to do with ports _configuration_; it's designated content _may_ be affected by how a port is configured (by its own options or by implicit dependencies and _their_ content). this has been a learning experience for me prolly will continue to be as others here correct me. See man 7 ports for an overview of how ports are utilized on FreeBSD. There's also a chapter in The FreeBSD Handbook dealing with ports. As soon as you have understood the simple mechanisms that build the basic parts the ports infrastructure works on, you will be quickly able to resolve all issues easily. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: port configuration data [was re: firefox png]
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:41:41 -0400, david coder wrote: it's happened already: in another post here, polytropon gives a more central role to /var/db/ports/png/options. if i understand him correctly, make showconfig executed in /usr/ports/graphics/png reads from that file. changes made through make config change both that file files in /usr/local/include subdirectories thereof. Nothing in /usr/local is going to be changed until make install (or make deinstall respectively) is executed. In /usr/local/include header files are _installed_ for accessing library functions, mostly a means for programmers to interface with software. But it's correct that you mention /usr/local/include/libpng/pngconf.h here. It's not to be changed by make configure, but it will be created by make install, reflecting the properties libpng has been installed with; it's a machine configurable file for libpng by its own declaration. It belongs to the png port, _not_ to the port configuration subsystem (which is _independent_ from the ports theirselves. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: port configuration data [was re: firefox png]
+++ Polytropon [23/08/12 19:17 +0200]: On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:41:41 -0400, david coder wrote: it's happened already: in another post here, polytropon gives a more central role to /var/db/ports/png/options. if i understand him correctly, make showconfig executed in /usr/ports/graphics/png reads from that file. changes made through make config change both that file files in /usr/local/include subdirectories thereof. Nothing in /usr/local is going to be changed until make install (or make deinstall respectively) is executed. In /usr/local/include header files are _installed_ for accessing library functions, mostly a means for programmers to interface with software. But it's correct that you mention /usr/local/include/libpng/pngconf.h here. It's not to be changed by make configure, but it will be created by make install, reflecting the properties libpng has been installed with; it's a machine configurable file for libpng by its own declaration. It belongs to the png port, _not_ to the port configuration subsystem (which is _independent_ from the ports theirselves. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... thx for the correction further education, polytropon. much obliged. david coder ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: firefox png
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:01:50 -0400, david coder wrote: is there a system png that comes w/ 8.3 that is distinct from the ports png? if not, how explain that install of firefox-14.0.1 fails w/ the error message that the system png does not support APNG even though the makefile for the png port contains the line OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On ? i am puzzled. The question has already been answered on 2012-08-02. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2012-August/243984.html You need to recompile the PNG library (from ports, does _not_ belong to the system - it's /usr/ports/graphics/png that will install libpng to your system) with the Animated PNG support (APNG) option [x] set. After doing so, you will be able to resume your Firefox build. See man ports or the manual of your port management tool (e. g. portmaster) on how to do that. Make sure you do make clean prior to that attempt. From the error message which you _have not shown_ (so I'm just guessing) it seems that libpng has been installed without the animation support. If you can make sure it's properly installed and you still get the error, please _show_ the error here so a better diagnostics step can be done. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: firefox png
thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? some writers have insisted that a recent install of the os is also needed, but that is also a non-issue for my boxes: they're up to date. installing firefox is not as urgent for me since chrome is adequate for most purposes, but still... thx for your reply. any further thoughts would be appreciated. david +++ Polytropon [23/08/12 01:17 +0200]: On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:01:50 -0400, david coder wrote: is there a system png that comes w/ 8.3 that is distinct from the ports png? if not, how explain that install of firefox-14.0.1 fails w/ the error message that the system png does not support APNG even though the makefile for the png port contains the line OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On ? i am puzzled. The question has already been answered on 2012-08-02. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2012-August/243984.html You need to recompile the PNG library (from ports, does _not_ belong to the system - it's /usr/ports/graphics/png that will install libpng to your system) with the Animated PNG support (APNG) option [x] set. After doing so, you will be able to resume your Firefox build. See man ports or the manual of your port management tool (e. g. portmaster) on how to do that. Make sure you do make clean prior to that attempt. From the error message which you _have not shown_ (so I'm just guessing) it seems that libpng has been installed without the animation support. If you can make sure it's properly installed and you still get the error, please _show_ the error here so a better diagnostics step can be done. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: firefox png
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On That should be the default. Anyway, you can always check which options had been in use when building and installing a port: % cat /var/db/ports/png/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servicable parts inside! # Options for png-1.4.8 _OPTIONS_READ=png-1.4.8 WITH_APNG=true In this example you can see that it has been properly installed. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. Sadly the Firefox build error message is not included. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? I'm sure this entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING applies: 20120531: AFFECTS: users of graphics/png AUTHOR: din...@freebsd.org The PNG library has been updated to version 1.5.10. Please rebuild all ports that depend on it. If you use portmaster: portmaster -r png- If you use portupgrade: portupgrade -fr graphics/png It's easy to do so as the required commands are provided. Make sure your ports tree is up to date and follow the advice to install all ports depending on the _latest_ libpng (which you seem to have installed, as you confirmed). some writers have insisted that a recent install of the os is also needed, but that is also a non-issue for my boxes: they're up to date. That is only needed when a 3rd party program or library requires a newer OS version. The OS itself does not provide a PNG library. If such a requirement is present, ports usually refuse to build on older systems (the Makefile refuses to continue working if the minimum OS version is not met). Such a change in a port will definitely be mentioned in /usr/ports/UPDATING, a file worth checking whenever dealing with updates as it often contains important information regarding such changes. installing firefox is not as urgent for me since chrome is adequate for most purposes, but still... I also have Firefox installed here, even though it's not up to date, perfectly fitting the system's outdatedness. :-) I had no problems installing it. Examining the Makefile of Firefox (/usr/ports/www/firefox/Makefile) I don't see anything that mentions libpng or animated PNG support. Maybe this is a dependency of a dependency of Firefox? Again, this seems to match the entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING. It does _not_ require you to reinstall your OS. Where would we be if every little package addition would force the OS to be reinstalled... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: firefox png
In the last episode (Aug 22), david coder said: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On This line just tells you what the default is on a system that hasn't built the png port yet. Before 2011-07-08, the default was Off. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. What does make showconfig in the ports/graphics/png directory print? I bet you first installed the png port over a year ago, so you have inherited the Off value from then. -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: firefox png
+++ Dan Nelson [22/08/12 19:01 -0500]: In the last episode (Aug 22), david coder said: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On This line just tells you what the default is on a system that hasn't built the png port yet. Before 2011-07-08, the default was Off. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. What does make showconfig in the ports/graphics/png directory print? I bet you first installed the png port over a year ago, so you have inherited the Off value from then. -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions right on! thank you. david coder dcodernet To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
