using the newest PNG library won't work on system with an older one. To
prevent such problems with precompiled binary packages require at least
"png-1.0.9nb1" in all dependences.
out of date - it was based on a.out OBJECT_FMT, and added entries in the
generated PLISTs to reflect the symlinks that ELF packages uses. It also
tried to be clever, and removed and recreated any symbolic links that were
created, which has resulted in some fun, especially with packages which
use dlopen(3) to load modules. Some recent changes to our ld.so to bring
it more into line with other Operating Systems also exposed some cracks.
+ Modify bsd.pkg.mk and its shared object handling, so that PLISTs now contain
the ELF symlinks.
+ Don't mess about with file system entries when handling shared objects in
bsd.pkg.mk, since it's likely that libtool and the BSD *.mk processing will
have got it right, and have a much better idea than we do.
+ Modify PLISTs to contain "ELF symlinks"
+ On a.out platforms, delete any "ELF symlinks" from the generated PLISTs
+ On ELF platforms, no extra processing needs to be done in bsd.pkg.mk
+ Modify print-PLIST target in bsd.pkg.mk to add dummy symlink entries on
a.out platforms
+ Update the documentation in Packages.txt
With many thanks to Thomas Klausner for keeping me honest with this.
Many bug fixes since the last release. For a complete list of changes refer
to the NEWS file.
Notable additions include:
libplot: SVG driver added, which outputs the new XML-based SVG (scalable
vector graphics) format.
documentation: man page for plotfont added.
libplot: completely new metafile export driver, written from scratch.
libplot: ReGIS driver added, which outputs ReGIS (DEC's remote graphics
instruction set, understood by DEC's VT340 and earlier terminals,
and also emulators like DEC's decterm). No support yet for filling
paths that extend beyond the boundaries of a ReGIS display, due to
a need for clipping code.
graph,plot,tek2plot,plotfont,pic2plot: `-T png' now allowed if libplot
contains a PNG driver.
libplot: PNG driver added, which outputs PNG (portable network graphics)
format. Included only if libpng (version number >= 0.95) and libz
are found at package installation time. `configure' now supports
a `--without-libpng' option to disable PNG support.
Add a new USE_LIBTOOL definition that uses the libtool package instead of
pkglibtool which is now considered outdated.
USE_PKGLIBTOOL is available for backwards compatibility with old packages
but is deprecated for new packages.
- PNM driver added, which outputs PBM/PGM/PPM format.
- CGM support added, By default, a CGM Plotter produces
binary-encoded version-3 CGM format, which conforms to the WebCGM
profile.
- pseudo-GIF driver added, using miGIF run-length encoding routines
- text string format now supports "\fP" macro for switching to
previous font (cf. troff; "\fR", "\fI", "\fB" supported too).
- libplotter: new C++ library. Provides base Plotter class, subclasses for
the different sorts of Plotter.
- new "dotdotdashed" line style added
- new thread save C/C++ API added (old API still supported)
- pic2plot: new utility, which can translate the pic language to any supported
graphics format, including X11.
- new function pentype() added to the API.
- many bug fixes. See the file 'NEWS' in the source distribution for a
complete list (a couple of pages).
