From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DMARC_REJECT,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from web20307.mail.yahoo.com (web20307.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.226.88]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 62468AC89E for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:31:01 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <20020416213100.56092.qmail@web20307.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [65.209.100.161] by web20307.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:31:00 PDT Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:31:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Aadi Deshpande Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] libpng update steps: How to do it without breaking things To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org, gentoo-user Cc: gentoo-dev In-Reply-To: <20020416030918.2fe939cb.spider@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 1ea84782-50f3-449a-80ca-f5e1f30edc1e X-Archives-Hash: bf7d2e6847940c4aff419d34161dc045 Sorry for the potentially silly question, but if I get the list of packages to remerge from running the script and then build one of the packages, should it still print out that package if i run the script again? thanks, -a --- Spider wrote: > Hello, I've written this out a few times in subthreads, so here's a > repost with step-by-step instructions on how to get the updated libpng > installed and actually working. > > > step-by-step guide for fixing libpng problems: > 1) emerge =libpng-1.2.1-r1 > 2) sh /usr/portage/media-libs/libpng/files/libpng-update-libs.sh > 2a) > 3) emerge packages from 2a > 4) sh /usr/portage/media-libs/libpng/files/libpng-update-bins.sh > 4a) > 5) emerge packages from 4a > > > Cumbersome steps I know, (also see my first post Thu, 4 Apr 2002 > "[gentoo-user] Libpng 1.2.1 / force rebuild" ) > > The main problem you are facing is that for some reason the system mixes > libraries. since the symlinks from libpng.so.2 and libpng.so.3 are > intact, I really don't understand -why- the dynamic linker loads the > wrong version of libpng. This is the core of the problem you and many > others are facing. > > The libraries generally affected are: > kdelibs imlib imlib2 gdk-pixbuf imagemagick mozilla gnome-libs > cups gimp > > > > //Spider > -- > begin .signature > This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! > See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. > end > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/