#13938: netpbm should maybe install symlinks for libpbm libpgm libpnm and libppm -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: ryandesign@macports.org | Owner: mas@macports.org Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Port Enhancements Component: ports | Version: 1.6.0 Keywords: | -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- netpbm installs libnetpbm.dylib but it looks like this functionality used to be spread out among four libraries: libpbm libpgm libpnm and libppm. Some old software still references the netpbm libraries by those old library names. See for example [http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail /blfs-support/2007-August/063409.html this message]. When adding the new [browser:trunk/dports/print/ppmtomd/ ppmtomd port] I had to [browser:trunk/dports/print/ppmtomd/files/patch-Makefile.diff@32908 patch the Makefile] to change "`-lpnm -lppm -lpgm -lpbm`" to "`-lnetpbm`". That patch could be avoided if we made symlinks for the old library names when installing netpbm. What do you think? I'll attach a patch and you can think about it. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/13938> MacPorts </projects/macports> Ports system for Mac OS