Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 22:51:14 -0600 From: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> To: "Jason R Mastaler" <jason@mastaler.com> Cc: <ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: qt-2.2.1_1 with -gif ? Message-ID: <0d7701c0422e$a057a080$931576d8@inethouston.net> References: <20001029185121.A27542@sharmas.dhs.org><20001029215606.M10767@puck.firepipe.net> <x7snpfq6rn.fsf@aguirre.la.mastaler.com>
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Yes you can do that with the port, but I believe Arun Sharma is trying to install the package which isn't possible to change that option after its compiled ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason R Mastaler" <jason@mastaler.com> To: "Will Andrews" <will@physics.purdue.edu> Cc: "Arun Sharma" <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org>; <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 10:42 PM Subject: Re: qt-2.2.1_1 with -gif ? > Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> writes: > > > > Any chance of finding such a precompiled package ? I can't view gifs > > > in my just downloaded kde-2.0 konqueror. > > > > Nope, sorry. Just isn't going to happen, because of their reputation > > for hunting down folks who break their patent. > > Instead of just disabling GIF support, can't you just make that the > default with `-gif' as an option in an env variable or make.conf so > that the port maintainer isn't responsible for whether we break the > patent or not? > > Otherwise, apps such as konqueror are more or less useless since GIF > is still so widely used. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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