Re: [kde-sunset] x11-libs/qt-3.3.8b fails to build with libpng-1.4 because a patch is not being applied

On Fri, 14 May 2010, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote:

> x11-libs/qt-3.3.8b-r2 and -r1 (in the kde-sunset overlay) currently 
> fail to compile with libpng-1.4 because some structure fields in png.h 
> have gotten renamed.
>
> Fortunately, in February a patch to fix this issue
> (files/qt-3.3.8-libpng14.patch) was added to the overlay.
>
> Unfortunately, even though the patch is there, the qt ebuilds in the
> overlay don't apply it.
>
> Please add  epatch "${FILESDIR}/qt-3.3.8-libpng14.patch" to the qt:3 ebuilds.

I've read something to the effect that libpng-1.4 is causing all kinds 
of headaches even in mainline Gentoo (even without kde-sunset).  It's 
got me nervous to update...  I still remember about ten years ago when a 
libpng update completely hosed a FreeBSD desktop I was maintaining then. 
Here we go again!  :-/

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