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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > irOn Sat, 23 Apr 2005, David Moberg wrote:
>
> ir0n?

No, it appears to be a capital O not a zero.  I must have incompletely 
deleted something during a slow connection with lag.  When I telnet with 
DOS the lag is really bad.

> > I was told to also compile freetype to get libwmf for wmf support.
> > I looked on the web and wmf is a Windows vector graphics format.
> > Nobody ever sent me that - would other people appreciate if I
> > included it?
>
> Wvware's libwmf support is fairly primitive right now. Freetype is
> probably not very appropriate for a mini-Linux.
I will happily skip it.  The person who suggested it likes to be thorough.

> The first time I looked at the wvWare site, I mistakenly thought
> that it is used to put bitmap graphics in Word documents.
You did not read far enough to learn their opinion of Word ;=)

> > > Replace -lpng with /usr/lib/libpng.so.2 when you link it.

I don't know where to replace this (after ./configure or in a script used 
by configure?) but will either figure it out, or temporarily rename 
libpng.so.3 while compiling.

> > Do I also need to point the compiler at the libc6 so it won't try
> > to use libc5 or does it use the later of the two?
>
> The latter/later.
Lovely.


> > The new glibc is needed for opera, lynx, and xpdf, but they don't
> > need a new libz or libpng.  They seem to work fine with the old
> > ones.  But it is probably easier to compile dynamically and not
> > worry about BL3.
>
> Or fully static.

For that would I have to compile libz and libpng myself?  I had to 
compile libz in order to compile lynx statically (the package from SW71 
may not have included the .a file, or else I was supposed to be using the 
latest version of libz).  I also had to compile open-ssl and ncurses and 
everything kept going wrong so I think dynamic compilation would avoid a 
lot of problems.  But I will compile any way you advise if you want to 
drag me through it.  How much larger would it be to make it static with 
regard to libc?

> > > All of the netpbm binaries depend upon libnetpbm, so I don't see any
> > > advantage to manually compiling some of them.
> >
> > The problem I am dealing with is that the tiff programs will not
> > work in BL2 since I have a libtiff in there for libc6 and the one
> > from netpbm replaces it (same synlink, both libtiff.so.3) and then
> > other programs needed libtiff don't work (links2 from delilinux).
> > So I have a choice of the netpbm tiff programs, or links2, in BL2.
> > A statically compiled pair of tiff programs would fix this problem.
> >   Static as regards libtiff, not libnetpbm.  I have not found any
> > need to deal with tiff files but someone else might want the
> > programs.
>
> But since tiffs are so rare, it is not as much of a bother to switch
> libraries temporarily, is it?

Do you think I should advise switching libraries?  Someone who knows how 
to do that might also know how to compile this for themself.  A beginner, 
on the other hand, could make a real mess of things.  I have often done 
that.

> > I have no idea how to access a library that is not on the path.
> > Would it involve exporting something in profile, like I do to use
> > gs with a device that is not the default?
>
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib/" tifftopnm
>
> ^ looks in /usr/local/lib/ for libraries. You can export it, but then
> you're back to square one.

Do I repeat this line for pnmtotiff or list both on one line?  In 
/etc/profile?

I could suggest that users of BL2 do this themselves if they want to deal 
with tiffs.

This knowledge will be helpful if I ever need to use another libc5 package 
with BL2.  Thanks.

Sindi

> David
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