From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 22 23:44:13 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC8A9106566B for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:44:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dacoder@dcoder.net) Received: from ns3.dcoder.net (ns3.dcoder.net [128.177.28.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F398FC14 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:43:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ns3.dcoder.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9D9155DAC6; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400 From: david coder To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20120822234355.GC4662@mail3.dcoder.net> Mail-Followup-To: Polytropon , questions@freebsd.org References: <20120822230150.GB4662@mail3.dcoder.net> <20120823011751.69a5849f.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120823011751.69a5849f.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firefox & png X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:44:13 -0000 thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS= APNG "Animated PNG support" On the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? some writers have insisted that a recent install of the os is also needed, but that is also a non-issue for my boxes: they're up to date. installing firefox is not as urgent for me since chrome is adequate for most purposes, but still... thx for your reply. any further thoughts would be appreciated. david +++ Polytropon [23/08/12 01:17 +0200]: >On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:01:50 -0400, david coder wrote: >> is there a system png that comes w/ 8.3 that is distinct from the ports png? >> if not, how explain that install of firefox-14.0.1 fails w/ the error message >> that the system png does not support APNG even though the makefile for the >> png port contains the line >> >> OPTIONS= APNG "Animated PNG support" On >> >> ? >> >> i am puzzled. > >The question has already been answered on 2012-08-02. > >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2012-August/243984.html > >You need to recompile the PNG library (from ports, does _not_ >belong to the system - it's /usr/ports/graphics/png that will >install libpng to your system) with the "Animated PNG support" >(APNG) option [x] set. After doing so, you will be able to resume >your Firefox build. See "man ports" or the manual of your port >management tool (e. g. portmaster) on how to do that. Make sure >you do "make clean" prior to that attempt. > >>From the error message which you _have not shown_ (so I'm just >guessing) it seems that libpng has been installed without the >animation support. If you can make sure it's properly installed >and you still get the error, please _show_ the error here so a >better diagnostics step can be done. > > >-- >Polytropon >Magdeburg, Germany >Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 >Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...