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Re: [PACKAGING ERROR] libungif-devel and libXevie-devel reference nonexistant /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.la
>>>>> Yaakov writes:
> On 2010-05-18 18:57, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
>> /usr/lib/libXevie.la and /usr/lib/libungif.la reference non existant
>> /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.la in their dependency_libs line.
>>
>> This prevents for example pstoedit from linking.
> FWIW, these *were* correct at the time it was built, but libxcb-xlib (a private
> library meant to be used only by libX11) was removed for libxcb/libX11 1.2.
> libXevie is no longer supported (the EvIE extension was removed from the X
> server some time ago), so you should not be building anything against that
> anymore.
> As for libungif, it is deprecated due to the expiration of all known LZW
> patents; libgif should be used instead.
I know, but it's anyway a bug which should be fixed. Otherwise the .la files are not useful.
Ciao
Volker
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