From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 23 00:00:16 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF7F3106566B for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74F858FC12 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-49-179.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.49.179]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 928703CEEE; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:00:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id q7N00FtH004421; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:00:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:00:15 +0200 From: Polytropon To: david coder Message-Id: <20120823020015.644e38b0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20120822234355.GC4662@mail3.dcoder.net> References: <20120822230150.GB4662@mail3.dcoder.net> <20120823011751.69a5849f.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120822234355.GC4662@mail3.dcoder.net> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firefox & png X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:16 -0000 On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: > 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 That should be the default. Anyway, you can always check which options had been in use when building and installing a port: % cat /var/db/ports/png/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servicable parts inside! # Options for png-1.4.8 _OPTIONS_READ=png-1.4.8 WITH_APNG=true In this example you can see that it has been properly installed. > the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. Sadly the Firefox build error message is not included. > is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm > missing? I'm sure this entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING applies: 20120531: AFFECTS: users of graphics/png AUTHOR: dinoex@FreeBSD.org The PNG library has been updated to version 1.5.10. Please rebuild all ports that depend on it. If you use portmaster: portmaster -r png- If you use portupgrade: portupgrade -fr graphics/png It's easy to do so as the required commands are provided. Make sure your ports tree is up to date and follow the advice to install all ports depending on the _latest_ libpng (which you seem to have installed, as you confirmed). > 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. That is only needed when a 3rd party program or library requires a newer OS version. The OS itself does not provide a PNG library. If such a requirement is present, ports usually refuse to build on older systems (the Makefile refuses to continue working if the minimum OS version is not met). Such a change in a port will definitely be mentioned in /usr/ports/UPDATING, a file worth checking whenever dealing with updates as it often contains important information regarding such changes. > installing firefox is not as urgent for me since chrome is adequate for most > purposes, but still... I also have Firefox installed here, even though it's not up to date, perfectly fitting the system's outdatedness. :-) I had no problems installing it. Examining the Makefile of Firefox (/usr/ports/www/firefox/Makefile) I don't see anything that mentions libpng or animated PNG support. Maybe this is a dependency of a dependency of Firefox? Again, this seems to match the entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING. It does _not_ require you to reinstall your OS. Where would we be if every little package addition would force the OS to be reinstalled... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...