Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:06:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org> To: "David J. Kanter" <david.kanter@mindspring.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libpng.so.3 not found Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008232104180.69221-100000@pawn.primelocation.net> In-Reply-To: <20000823192737.A31912@localhost.localdomain>
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, David J. Kanter wrote: > I updated my png port to 1.0.8 and when I started X (WindowMaker) got this > error: > > "/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libpng.so.3" not found. > > And then I'm booted out of X. > > To fix this, I created a file, /usr/local/lib/libpng.so.3, that's a symbolic > link to libpng.so.4, which came with the new port (the old port did have > libpng.so.3). > > This seems like a cheap fix. What's the right way? > Since the libpng version was bumped, it would be best to recompile anything that is linked to the old libpng. Alternatively, you could reinstall the older version of libpng. ----- Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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