Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:40:30 +0900 From: "Akinori -Aki- MUSHA" <knu@idaemons.org> To: ache@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, jseger@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/16836: graphics/ImageMagick: configures with LZW enabled Message-ID: <86zosvqfjl.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org> In-Reply-To: In your message of "Sun, 20 Feb 2000 12:20:02 -0800 (PST)" <200002202020.MAA35148@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200002202020.MAA35148@freefall.freebsd.org>
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At Sun, 20 Feb 2000 12:20:02 -0800 (PST),
Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 03:53:10AM +0900, Akinori -Aki- MUSHA wrote:
> > As the graphics/ImageMagick port configures itself with LZW enabled
> > by default, it builds/installs binaries which are capable of producing
> > LZW compressed images that has something to do with the damned patent
> > issue.
> >
> > >How-To-Repeat:
> >
> > >Fix:
> >
> > Removing --enable-lzw from CONFIGURE_ARGS may help. Also, consider
> > upgrading the port to the latest version 5.1.1. See ports/16378.
>
> Total removing is not good. There must be env. variable dependent Makefile
> option which let users who sign LZW license to build unrestricted version.
That's right. This kind of ports must refer to something like
WITH_LZW (or HAVE_LZW_LICENSE) variable to decide whether LZW
compression feature is to be built-in.
But the days before the freeze are numbered. If no time to
implement this, we'll have to simply disable it, so far.
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Akinori -Aki- MUSHA aka / (_ / ( (__( <knu@idaemons.org>
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