From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:10:44 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] giflib: fix description about compatibility with libungif In-Reply-To: <20150412084723.GH2279@tarshish> References: <1428828185-19869-1-git-send-email-fabio.porcedda@gmail.com> <20150412084723.GH2279@tarshish> Message-ID: <20150412091044.GA4218@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Baruch, All, On 2015-04-12 11:47 +0300, Baruch Siach spake thusly: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 10:43:05AM +0200, Fabio Porcedda wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Fabio Porcedda > > --- > > package/giflib/Config.in | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/package/giflib/Config.in b/package/giflib/Config.in > > index 70368dc..bb5741a 100644 > > --- a/package/giflib/Config.in > > +++ b/package/giflib/Config.in > > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > > config BR2_PACKAGE_GIFLIB > > bool "giflib" > > help > > - giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images. It is API and > > + giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images. It was API and > > ABI compatible with libungif which was in wide use while the LZW > > compression algorithm was patented. > > So giflib is not compatible to libungif anymore? No it is no longer comatible. It was, until version 5.0 introduced changes for thread-safety. Quoting their website: The 5.x versions change the API slightly in a way that isn't compatible with older shared libraries. and: [...] the signatures of the file-opener functions were changed in 5.0 in order to make the library fully reentrant and thread-safe Regards, Yann E. MORIN. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'