GNU bug report logs - #11797
trunk does not build on NetBSD

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Herbert J. Skuhra" <h.skuhra <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:15:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: "Herbert J. Skuhra" <h.skuhra <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11797 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11797: trunk does not build on NetBSD
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:05:24 -0400

"Herbert J. Skuhra" wrote:

> 1. I have to modify the configure script so that it checks for -lpng15
> instead of -lpng

Not the main part of your report of course, but really?
There's no "libpng" on NetBSD, only "libpng15"?
Isn't that a PITA for compiling a bunch of software, not just Emacs?
You aren't just missing the equivalent of a "libpng-devel" package that
provides the unversioned .so?
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