libpng14-config (F15)

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:12:40 -0500, RM (Ranjan) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am on an x86_64 system and am compiling something that is looking for
> 
> libpng14-config in (/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin)
> 
> Looking around, I get:
> 
> sudo yum provides */libpng14-config
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit, remove-
>               : with-leaves
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * fedora: mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca
>  * rpmfusion-free: mirror.web-ster.com
>  * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.web-ster.com
>  * updates: mirror.lib.ucdavis.edu
> mingw32-libpng-1.4.3-2.fc15.noarch : MinGW Windows Libpng library
> Repo        : fedora
> Matched from:
> Filename    : /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libpng14-config
> 
> 
> 
> mingw32-libpng-1.4.8-1.fc15.noarch : MinGW Windows Libpng library
> Repo        : updates
> Matched from:
> Filename    : /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libpng14-config
> 
> 
> Is this all right, or a sort of harmless "bug"? Why should the file be
> installed in something called i686-* etc etc...?
> 
> I am running an up-to-date F15.
> 
> Many thanks and best wishes,
> Ranjan

Wrong conclusion. Notice "yum search libpng" output.
You've just discovered a package that is out-of-date. Find a request
to update at  http://bugz.fedoraproject.org/libpng  already.

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