libpng warning

[Terry Chan]

Or just compile libpng with gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3, where it works with
absolutely NO problems.  And have we started adding gcc-3.4.x patches
to moonbase modules when we still haven't even removed all the gcc-3.3.x
patches from the moonbase yet ?

Terry Chan
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On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 11:35:59AM +0200, Auke Kok wrote:
> 
> Some people didn't believe me last week when I said that a libpng 
> upgrade ( to the version with the security patches ) broke my box:
> 
> root at joule21 /usr/include # nm /usr/lib/libpng12.so | grep gcov
>         U __gcov_init
>         U __gcov_merge_add
> 
> These two symbols are left undefined on my box with gcc-3.4.1... hence 
> everything that uses libpng will either malfunction (I had no icons 
> whatsoever anymore) or not compile (gtk+-2 etc).
> 
> Apparently on the gcc ML there are several patches merged regarding 
> this. For now it means that people on gcc >> 3.4.0 should use caution 
> when patching libpng or wait until I find a fix that will work with gcc 
> >> 3.4.0
> 
> sofar