Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 08:14:13 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Terry Dignon <terry@dignons.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: libpng problems Message-ID: <20020906071413.GB34657@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <20020905143919.27777.h010.c021.wm@mail.dignons.com.criticalpath.net> References: <20020905143919.27777.h010.c021.wm@mail.dignons.com.criticalpath.net>
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On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 02:39:18PM -0700, Terry Dignon wrote:
> upon trying to compile libpng, i get the error
>
> /usr/libexec/elf/ld: invalid BFD target
> `-L/opt/zlib/lib'
> *** Error code 1
>
> i have been unable to figure out why this is occurring.
> any ideas?
Yes. This is a symptom of not using the ports system. If you do this:
cd /usr/ports/graphics/png
make install
you will be pleasantly suprised. Of course, if you like to struggle
with recalcitrant software, and you like redoing the fixes that have
been contributed to the ports system by a large number of people
over the years, then by all means ignore the ports system.
Cheers,
Matthew
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