Re: [gentoo-user] jpg support

["Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>]

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Daniel Pielmeier
<daniel.pielmeier@googlemail.com> wrote:
> So there are two possibilities. First there is no need for a jpg useflag
> as it will work out of the box. Second the jpg support or needed
> libraries if they are indeed needed are detected automagically which is
> bad and a bug should be filed. But from a quick glance into the relevant
> files I did not recognize such things.
>
> So I guess rebuilding the affected packages and trying again is the best
> option.

I tried rebuilding gqview and feh with no success. feh complains about
no imlib support for jpegs so I rebuild imlib, which didn't help.
Before going to bed I started a full world rebuild. I'll reboot after
that to ensure I pick up new shared libraries and we'll see what
happens. This violates the principle of least surprise though.

I am finding this about gentoo. On FreeBSD I could disable X11
support, but it's on by default. I agree with that. On gentoo I have
to explicitely enable jpg support?? Why the hell would I not want it?
I find that needlessly difficult. The default should be the common
case, not the uncommon one.

Mike
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