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libpng3 package

libpng.so.3 symbolic link points to a inexisting file

Bug #646636 reported by Tomas Paier
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Nominated for Lucid by Michael Meier

Bug Description

/usr/lib/libpng.so.3 symbolic link from libpng3 package points simply to libpng12.so.0 -- which is *NOT* in this directory but in the /lib/libpng12.so.0
The symbolic link needs to be fixed.

Lucid (library version 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.1 from lucid-updates)

Programs dipendent on this file fails obviously to load the library.

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Michael Meier (michael-meier-rrze) wrote :

We hit this bug while trying to run some (commercial) software that requires libpng.so.3.
As the mentioned symlink is all this compatibility package contains in lucid, it effectively renders the whole package useless. Please fix ASAP.
It's probably a real trivial oneline fix - i guess it's just replacing
 /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/libpng.so.3
with
 /lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/libpng.so.3
in libpng3.links?

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Uqbar (uqbar) wrote :

It's still here in Maverick.
Anyomne paying attention to this no brainer thing?

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