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- libpng for Debian
- -----------------
-
- There have been changes in the way libpng is handled. Currently, there
- are 2 versions of libpng in Debian at a time : libpng10 and libpng12,
- formerly known as libpng2 and libpng3.
-
- * The libpng10-0 and libpng12-0 packages contain the runtime for apps
- built with these new libraries.
- * libpng2 and libpng3 contain compatibility symlinks to let apps built
- with older versions work correctly.
- * libpng10-dev and libpng12-dev are the corresponding development
- packages. You should only use libpng10-dev to build packages using
- gdk-imlib1.
- * libpng2-dev and libpng3-dev provide compatibility symlinks to build
- applications still build-depending on those.
-
- A package linking with libpng should use as build-depends :
- * libpng-dev for small packages not depending on other libraries which
- use or may use libpng.
- * libpng10-dev for packages also linking with gdk-imlib1 or gnome 1.
- * libpng12-dev for packages also linking with SDL, Gnome 2, Qt, or any
- other library using libpng12.
-
- This version diverges from upstream in 3 ways :
- 1) the library is explicitly linked with -lm -lz
- 2) libpng.so.3 is just a compatibility symlink
- 3) symbols are versioned
-
- -- Junichi Uekawa <dancer@debian.org>, Mon Oct 28 2002 12:27:54
- -- Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>, Tue Jun 10 2003 18:16:17 +0200
-