On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 05:09:41PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: > >> "SMR" == Steve M Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 04:37:17PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: > > [...] > > >> See Colin's answer. Change the library soname and shlibs. This will > >> solve this bug. > > > It's a reasonable transition plan. > > > However, introducing a new imlib library with a new SONAME will not > > solve Bug #128377, as gnome-help-browser binary is linked with > > libgdk_imlib's current SONAME. > > This bug isn't important (I downgraded the severity to > normal). gnome-help display the libpng error messagess, but he can > display png image.
You're right! That's different; other applications just completely fail to display anything. > > If you favour doing the libpng2 -> libpng3 transition by introducing > > new imlib packages (and SONAMES), then all packages that link with the > > current imlib package need to link with libpng2. > > Then i'll rebuild gnome-help and my other packages who depends on imlib > against the new imlib. This will take 2 hours, and the problem is gone. Yes, but until that happens, gnome-help is broken. It would be nice if you fixed it. -Steve -- by Rocket to the Moon, by Airplane to the Rocket, by Taxi to the Airport, by Frontdoor to the Taxi, by throwing back the blanket and laying down the legs ... - They Might Be Giants
