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  Re: POV-Ray 3.7 RC 6 not compiling  
From: Chaanakya
Date: 9 Jul 2012 16:30:01
Message: <web.4ffb3e6c15e4f4e77f523b7e0@news.povray.org>
Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
> Le 09/07/2012 21:38, Chaanakya nous fit lire :
> > Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
> >> Le 09/07/2012 21:16, Le_Forgeron nous fit lire :
> >>
> >>> I'm still with 1.2.4 (aka libpng12)
> >>
> >> That's 1.2.46 !
> >
> > Since I'm using Debian Sid+Experimental, I have version 1.5.11....could that be
> > the reason why?  Also, what exactly should I look for in the config.log file?
>
> 1. Probably. povray have been tested, I presume, with 1.2 and maybe 1.4,
> but 1.5 might have introduced a significant change about the usage of
> setjmp.
>
> 2. The reported version of png. Seems you find it already.
>
>
> Indeed, the portability note on
>  http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
> does state that png_struct & png_info are now private.
>
> png_structp  (as type: png_struct * , p for pointer) is actually used in
> source/base/image/png.cpp, and same goes for png_infop .
> That might not help :->

If that's the problem, I think this might be the solution:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5190554/unresolved-external-png-set-longjmp-fn-in-libpng.
 I'll play around with this and let you know what happens.

Sincerely,

Chaanakya


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