Subject: Re: (un)gif [was: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc]
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 02/26/2000 05:18:22
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> 	mmm... how should we write dependency between package in this case?
> 	we have graphics/giflib (uses patented compression algorithm)
> 	and graphics/libungif (does not use patented algorithm) to pick from...

depend on graphics/libungif. The presence of libgif.so(?) will just make
configure scripts etc. not break any longer. So far we've patched several
packages to look for libungif.so instead of libgif.so, but that's not good
to maintain.


 - Hubert


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