libpng update 16

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Mon Apr 20 15:07:00 CEST 2015


> Am 20.04.2015 um 10:26 schrieb Riccardo Mottola <rmottola at opencsw.org>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński wrote:
>> Either in -dev, or in a separate package, depending what they are. You
>> need to find that out. Looking at prior art (e.g. Debian) is a good
>> idea.
>> 
>> Putting them in -dev is the simplest, and in such a case it is
>> necessary for -dev to depend on CSWlibz1.
> 
> I did some research. Debian doesn't have them in any packages.
> 
> They are utility programs:
> pngfix
> 
> tests, optimizes and optionally fixes the zlib header in PNG files. Optionally, when fixing, strips ancillary chunks from the file. 
> 
>  <>png-fix-itxt             
> 
> fixes PNG files that have an incorrect length field in the iTXt chunks.
> 
> 
> 
> Thus strictly speaking not something for developer but for users. A separate package, like png-utils ?
> Perhaps it is not worth the effort and w can just slap then in -dev or even exclude them as apparently others d

I suggest CSWlibpng-util.


Best regards

  — Dago


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