[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs giflib, giflib_doc, giflib_rt, libungif

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 12.03.2010 um 17:41 schrieb Philip Brown:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Dagobert Michelsen  
> <dam at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> * gif: revision upgrade
>>  Now linked against CSW X11
>>  - from: 2009.09.24
>>  -   to: 2010.03.12
>>  + giflib-4.1.6,REV=2010.03.12-SunOS5.8-i386-CSW.pkg.gz
>>  + giflib-4.1.6,REV=2010.03.12-SunOS5.8-sparc-CSW.pkg.gz
>>  + giflib_doc-4.1.6,REV=2010.03.12-SunOS5.8-all-CSW.pkg.gz
>>  + giflib_rt-4.1.6,REV=2010.03.12-SunOS5.8-i386-CSW.pkg.gz
>>  + giflib_rt-4.1.6,REV=2010.03.12-SunOS5.8-sparc-CSW.pkg.gz
>>  + libungif-4.1.6,REV=2010.03.12-SunOS5.8-all-CSW.pkg.gz
>>
>
> a LIBRARY, "libgif", needs to be linked against libX11??
> That's kinda messed up.
> Why would a potentially command line util, that wants gif support,
> need to be linked against libX11, just for linking against
> giflib/libgif?
>
> comparing...
>
> http://packages.debian.org/sid/libgif4
>
> does not have any X dependancies.
>
> Can we improve our situation, please?

 From the source:

  * Module to dump graphic devices into a GIF file. Current supported  
devices:
...
  * 3. X11 using libX.a (#define __X11__).

So you can directly grab X11 as gif. Something which you may or may  
not want. I can
make a default without X11 and a full alternative which takes  
precedence if installed.
Ok?


Best regards

   -- Dago