clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 11.07.2012 17:18, schrieb Chaanakya:
> > clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> >> Am 10.07.2012 13:24, schrieb James Holsenback:
> >>> On 07/09/2012 07:01 PM, clipka wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you happen to have multiple versions of libpng installed? Is the
> >>>> libpng-dev up to date to match the libpng version?
> >>>
> >>> I have multiple versions installed ... 1.2.49-9.9.1 and 1.4.11-3.9.1 and
> >>> configure has always found 1.4 just fine.
> >>
> >> That's how it should be. But it might not necessarily be always the
> >> case, especially with Experimental add-ons for a distro.
> >
> > By "Experimental" I mean the Experimental channel available in Debian
> > (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental).  libpng is up to version 1.5.11 and
> > libpng-dev is matching (1.5.11).
>
> Quote from that web page: "This directory contains packages and tools
> which are still being developed, and are still in the alpha testing
> stage. Users shouldn't be using packages from here, because they can be
> dangerous and harmful even for the most experienced people."
>
> Given this statement, I'm very much inclined to blame the problems on
> the experimental status of the libpng 1.5.11 Debian package, so my
> proposed solution is to run POV-Ray on a Debian stable distribution,
> and/or contact the people responsible for the libpng 1.5.11 Debian
> package for support (and/or to inform them that they /may/ have a
> problem there).
>
> (That said, I guess I'll have a look at Debian experimental myself; no
> promise though.)

I will see what happens if I install both libpng and libpng-dev from unstable
(as you suggest, it may just be a packaging problem on their end).

- Chaanakya

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