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[Hans W. Horn]

Hi Max,

I take that you are suggesting to configure doxygen with "linux-g++".
Will do, as well as builing using cygwin's libpng.

greets,
H.

Max Bowsher wrote:
> Hans W. Horn wrote:
>> Max,
>> 
>> Max Bowsher wrote:
>>> BTW, which platform did you tell doxygen's configure to use? I've
>>> been building with "linux-g++".
>> 
>> I was using "win32-g++".
> 
> Ah. Then my patch certainly isn't having any effect at all, since
> qfile_unix.cpp isn't even being compiled.
> 
> I've no specific points in favour of either option, just a general
> observation that when special-case windows file handling code is
> used, it often ends up going behind Cygwin's back, and making the
> program act more Windows-ish than a Cygwin user expects. Plus the
> win32-g++ mode has explicit -D__CYGWIN__ options thrown all over the
> place, when Cygwin compilers have been predefining that symbol for
> absolutely ages, suggesting that might be somewhat bitrotted.
> 
>>> Also, did you build with the internal libpng, or use Cygwin's system
>>> libpng? I used the system libpng (just removed the "make -C libpng"
>>> command from the makefile).
>> 
>> I did always build & link doxygen with its own png (libpng1.0). Hm,
>> interesting, cygwin's default png is libpng12, which infact is used
>> in the include path for the compilation of doxygen sources, (e.g.
>> g++ -c -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -O -I../qtools
>> -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I../libmd5 -o ../objects/ce_lex.o
>> ce_lex.cpp). 
>> 
>> I just re-built doxygen w/o its built-in png and ran a few
>> documentation projects.
>> The results seem to indicate that the png version used doesn't
>> matter. 
> 
> This is all I've been using to build with the system png library:
> Index: configure
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /u/kp3softd/cvsroot/configure,v
> retrieving revision 1.209
> diff -u -p -r1.209 configure
> --- configure   10 Apr 2005 18:36:48 -0000      1.209
> +++ configure   11 Apr 2005 21:19:31 -0000
> @@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ EOF
>        echo "" >> $DST
>        echo "all: src/version.cpp " >> $DST
>        echo "  \$(MAKE) -C qtools" >> $DST
> -       echo "  \$(MAKE) -C libpng" >> $DST
>        echo "  \$(MAKE) -C libmd5" >> $DST
>        echo "  \$(MAKE) -C src" >> $DST
>        if test $f_wizard = YES; then
> 
> 
> It seems a little wasteful for doxygen to carry around its own
> version of the code when there's already a package available.
> 
> Max.