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Date:      Sun, 06 Mar 2016 21:18:25 +0100
From:      Patrick Hess <patrickhess@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        Stefan Ehmann <shoesoft@gmx.net>
Subject:   Re: graphics/giflib: Update to 5.1.2_1 breaks GIF rendering in Konqueror
Message-ID:  <1656094.qTCizN1Avj@desk8.phess.net>
In-Reply-To: <56DC034C.6090205@gmx.net>
References:  <1610225.7uGmmVoNJZ@desk8.phess.net> <56DC034C.6090205@gmx.net>

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Stefan Ehmann wrote:
> I located the problem. konqueror isn't the only program affected.
> 
> See https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/84/
> 
> You can put my patch in the SF ticket in 
> /usr/ports/graphics/giflib/files/ to test it.

Thanks a lot for the patch, that did indeed solve the issue.

> The gvpart workaround I mentioned previously doesn't really work BTW. 
> Some GIFs just worked by chance after konqueror restart.

Just for good measure, checked my file association settings anyway,
and surprisingly enough, I had actually been using gvpart this
entire time. Not sure when and why I changed that. Yet, I couldn't
get *any* GIFs to render, no matter how many times I restarted
Konqueror or reloaded the page. Strange.

Patrick



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