[gentoo-user] emerge xchat fails

[gentoo-user] emerge xchat fails

[Daniel D Jones]

I have xchat installed.  An update is failing to install with error:

libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libpng12.la' or unhandled 
argument `/usr/lib/libpng12.la'

libpng is installed:

/usr/lib$eix libpng
[I] media-libs/libpng
     Available versions:  
        (1.2)   1.2.44
        (0)     1.4.3
     Installed versions:  1.2.44(1.2)(06:16:49 PM 07/01/2010) 1.4.3(06:15:21 
PM 07/01/2010)

Checking the lib directory, I find:

/usr/lib/$ls libpng*
libpng12.so.0  libpng14.a  libpng14.la  libpng14.so  libpng14.so.14  
libpng14.so.14.3.0  libpng.a  libpng.la  libpng.so

Any suggestions on how I go about fixing this?

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge xchat fails

[Gregory Shearman]

In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
> I have xchat installed.  An update is failing to install with error:
>
> libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libpng12.la' or unhandled 
> argument `/usr/lib/libpng12.la'
>
> libpng is installed:
>
> /usr/lib$eix libpng
> [I] media-libs/libpng
>      Available versions:  
>         (1.2)   1.2.44
>         (0)     1.4.3
>      Installed versions:  1.2.44(1.2)(06:16:49 PM 07/01/2010) 1.4.3(06:15:21 
> PM 07/01/2010)
>
> Checking the lib directory, I find:
>
> /usr/lib/$ls libpng*
> libpng12.so.0  libpng14.a  libpng14.la  libpng14.so  libpng14.so.14  
> libpng14.so.14.3.0  libpng.a  libpng.la  libpng.so
>
> Any suggestions on how I go about fixing this?

Have you run:

# lafilefixer --justfixit

It looks like the libpng update has removed /usr/lib/libpng12.la and
/usr/lib/libpng.la is probably referencing this file. lafilefixer should
fix this.

You're running with both libpng 1.2 and libpng 1.4 installed. May I
suggest you read:

http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2010/06/29/stable-users-libpng-update

Do you keep a log of emerge messages so that you can fix these issues
as they arise?

The file /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example gives examples of
how to store all messages generated during an emerge update. These
messages can save you a lot of grief later on.

-- 
Regards,

Gregory.

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge xchat fails

[liu shukui]

I faced the same problem, thank you.

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Gregory Shearman <zekeyg@gmail.com> wrote:
> In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
>> I have xchat installed.  An update is failing to install with error:
>>
>> libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libpng12.la' or unhandled
>> argument `/usr/lib/libpng12.la'
>>
>> libpng is installed:
>>
>> /usr/lib$eix libpng
>> [I] media-libs/libpng
>>      Available versions:
>>         (1.2)   1.2.44
>>         (0)     1.4.3
>>      Installed versions:  1.2.44(1.2)(06:16:49 PM 07/01/2010) 1.4.3(06:15:21
>> PM 07/01/2010)
>>
>> Checking the lib directory, I find:
>>
>> /usr/lib/$ls libpng*
>> libpng12.so.0  libpng14.a  libpng14.la  libpng14.so  libpng14.so.14
>> libpng14.so.14.3.0  libpng.a  libpng.la  libpng.so
>>
>> Any suggestions on how I go about fixing this?
>
> Have you run:
>
> # lafilefixer --justfixit
>
> It looks like the libpng update has removed /usr/lib/libpng12.la and
> /usr/lib/libpng.la is probably referencing this file. lafilefixer should
> fix this.
>
> You're running with both libpng 1.2 and libpng 1.4 installed. May I
> suggest you read:
>
> http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2010/06/29/stable-users-libpng-update
>
> Do you keep a log of emerge messages so that you can fix these issues
> as they arise?
>
> The file /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example gives examples of
> how to store all messages generated during an emerge update. These
> messages can save you a lot of grief later on.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Gregory.
>
>