| This is giflib version 4.1.2, a library for manipulating gif files. |
| Latest versions of giflib are currently hosted at: |
| http://sourceforge.net/projects/libungif |
| |
| ==== |
| Building this package should be as simple as: |
| |
| ./configure |
| gmake |
| gmake install |
| |
| ==== |
| Deprecation list. Will be removed in giflib 5.0: |
| * GIF_ERROR and GIF_MESSAGE are on the deprecation list as they are also |
| utility helper functions rather than essential to the functioning of the |
| library. |
| * The qprintf methods of the library are now deprecated. Do not use |
| GifQuietPrint or GifQprintf. These should have been pushed out into the |
| utility helper library instead of sitting around in the library proper at |
| the same time as the getarg functions were moved out. Getting rid of these |
| will let us get rid of our dependence on stdarg.h/varargs.h (Which a Gif |
| reading library has no business requiring.) |
| * In the SavedImage struct: int Function will be removed. Use |
| SavedImage.ExtensionBlocks[x].Function instead. |
| * In gifalloc.c: MakeExtension is deprecated as well. Use AddExtensionBlock |
| instead. (This and the previous int Function were deprecated because they |
| only handle one Extension per image. The new code handles multiple |
| extensions.) |
| * varargs style interface in qprintf and getarg: It's a mistake to have two |
| different interfaces that depend on compile time choices between varargs |
| and stdargs. The future is to get rid of varargs style altogether. |
| (Also: these are probably going strictly into the utility functions so |
| the library won't have to worry about them at all.) |
| ==== |
| |
| I have found that automake currently generates Makefile's containing some |
| GNUmake specific syntax. If you're having troubles building with your |
| system provided make, please install GNU make and try rebuilding. |
| |
| ==== |
| This package uses autoconf, automake, and libtool to create the configure |
| script, so if you need to edit the configure.ac or change a makefile target |
| you should read the DEVELOPER file for hints on recreating the distribution |
| using these tools. |
| |
| Good luck! |
| -Toshio Kuratomi <toshio@tiki-lounge.com> |
