Comment 3 for bug 218409

Hey all,

Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 - libpng12-dev 1.2.27-1
has the same problem:
compiling imal (http://brneurosci.org/imal.html) using dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot gives the following error and exits:

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In file included from /usr/include/png.h:438,
                 from xmtnimage65.cc:17:
/usr/include/pngconf.h:326: fout: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘.’ token
/usr/include/pngconf.h:327: fout: ‘__dont__’ does not name a type
make[1]: *** [xmtnimage65.o] Fout 1
make: *** [build-stamp] Fout 2
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
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Changing /usr/include/pngconf.h according to the patch described above, solves the problem like it did in Hardy.
Could this be implemented upstream, or is there a good reason not to do so?

Cheers,
Bart