Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> Thomas Klausner wrote:
> >>        You don't need a patch for now.  Rather, just force POV-Ray to
> >>build and link with the libraries provided in the source archive, using
> >>the  --disable-lib-checks  configure option.  Those libs are the versions
> >>that were used along the POV-Ray development.
> > 
> > Well, that's not really a solution. pkgsrc makes all packages
> > use one png package instead of tens of different internal copies
> > so that e.g. vulnerabilities or platform fixes have to be applied
> > only in one place.

> Please use the libraries that are supplied with POV-Ray as they are known to 
> work properly due to extensive testing. If you insist on using a newer 
> version of the libraries, the proper functioning of POV-Ray is not 
> guaranteed by any means, and you would be on your own if there are any 
> problems. Clearly, as you have noticed, there are changes in the libraries 
> you are using, so you are already having problems...

At some point in the future you'll probably want to tackle this
problem. I just thought it might be possible to get this solved
now and not sometime in the future.
 Thomas

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