SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: Excellent -- that's better than checking for random functions. (note that Martin posted the patch, not me.) I see: tiff.h: /* * Tag Image File Format (TIFF) * * Based on Rev 6.0 from: * Developer's Desk * Aldus Corporation * 411 First Ave. South * Suite 200 * Seattle, WA 98104 * 206-622-5500 */ #define TIFF_VERSION 42 tiffio.h: /* * This define can be used in code that requires * compilation-related definitions specific to a * version or versions of the library. Runtime * version checking should be done based on the * string returned by TIFFGetVersion. */ #define TIFFLIB_VERSION 19970127 /* January 27, 1997 */ which is quite strange, because it is supposed to mean that I have a *later* tifflib than you do. Weird! -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Personifiers Unite! You have nothing to lose but Mr. Dignity!