Re: libpng!

nbecker> I'm trying to build on i686-pc-linux-gnu RH5.1. It seems I nbecker> need libpng-1.0.2. nbecker> OK, I built libpng-1.0.2 modifying the makefile to build nbecker> share lib via libtool. nbecker> What to call the soname? I'm assuming that libpng-1.0.2 is nbecker> not binary compatible with 1.0.1. On RH5.1 libpng-1.0.2 is nbecker> called libpng-2.1.0 (I think that was actually my doing when nbecker> I put it into libgr, IIRC). P> 1.0.2 is binary compatible with what little testing I gave it. There P> are a couple of new functions/features, but the rest is bugfixes. nbecker> So I'm calling libpng-1.0.2 libpng-3.0.0. What do you think? P> I don't quite understand where your question comes from... The P> libpng-1.0.2 makefile should create for you a shared library with the P> soname of 2.1.0.2. If you look at the top of png.h, you will see the P> following: OK, I used the makefile.std script and didn't see anything about shared libs. The correct script is makefile.lnx for linux. What about other systems that support shared libs? I suggest using libtool.