Re: [Mutsu-developers] Absird (long)

[Loek J. <loe...@xs...>]

Dear Laine,

>Do you think there's a chance that I might be able to get permission
>from the creators of libjpeg to publish my app with just the
>libjpeg.62.0.0.dylib file and instructions for what to do with it, so
>that list the requirements as OS X Developer Tools, Fink, and libjpeg
>(installed by Fink)?

This is what I find:

'fink info libjpeg'  gives:

	pkg libjpeg  version ###
	pkg libjpeg  version 6b-4

	libjpeg-6b-4: JPEG image format handling library

  	Web site: http://www.ijg.org/

'cat /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/graphics/libjpeg-6b-4.info' gives:

	Package: libjpeg
	Version: 6b
	Revision: 4
	Depends: libjpeg-shlibs (= 6b-3), libjpeg-bin
	Replaces: libjpeg (<< 6b-3)
	Source: ftp://ftp.uunet.de/pub/graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
	SourceDirectory: jpeg-6b
	(...)
	DocFiles: README libjpeg.doc structure.doc usage.doc wizard.doc
	Description: JPEG image format handling library
	Uses autoconf and libtool. Requires the usual fixes.
	(...)
	Maintainer: Dave Morrison <dm...@us...>
	Homepage: http://www.ijg.org/
	License: OSI-Approved

So for the license question you can visit the www.ijg.org website.
You'll find further documentation in /sw/share/doc/libjpeg .

>Is there a chance libjpeg already exists in an OS X installation and
>that the the absird.c file could be compiled with a different command
>that would use existing OS X resources? Could that explain why my
>application works by just placing libjpeg.62.0.0.dylib into the
>/sw/lib directory?

As far as I know there is no other version of libjpeg included in OS X:
sudo locate "libjpeg" produces a list of references all within the /sw
directory. It seems to be provided within a basic fink install however.
I don't know if just placing the libjpeg.62.0.0.dylib in the /sw/lib
directory will work at a computer on which fink is not installed.
I doubt it.

Hope this helps,

Loek