GNU bug report logs - #15531
Emacs configure fails with gif 5.0

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Barry Fishman <barry_fishman <at> acm.org>

Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 18:14:02 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Barry Fishman <barry_fishman <at> acm.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 15531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15531: Emacs configure fails with gif 5.0
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:19:15 -0400

On 2013-10-05 14:26:06 EDT, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> For the record, this is not enough for Windows, because we must
> prevent Emacs compiled with libungif 5.0 or newer to dynamically load
> an older shared library, or vice versa.
>
> Btw, where can one find this new version?  I can only find versions
> 4.x or older.

I use Arch GNU/Linux which defaults to using giflib 5.0.4.  They point
back to http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/.  It has the download
for 5.0.5 listed under the "Recent Releases" heading.  Its also
tagged in its git repository.

-- 
Barry Fishman
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