[pdftex] pdftex compilation puzzle

[Victor Ivrii]

On 3/12/07, Akira Kakuto <kakuto at fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp> wrote:
> Hi Victor
>
> > Yesterday I recompiled pdftex-1.40.3 (source from sarovar.org)
> >
> > Prior to this I downloaded and recompiled libpng 1.2.16
> > (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5624) and
> > xpdf 3.0.2 from http://ftp.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html (and installed them)
> >
> >
> > Still, pdftex -v tells:
> >
> > Compiled with libpng 1.2.15; using libpng 1.2.15
> > Compiled with zlib 1.2.3; using zlib 1.2.3
> > Compiled with xpdf version 3.01
>

Akira, thanks

> I think you have to link statically and recompile utils.c.

How?

> BTW, you cannot use xpdf 3.02 in pdfTeX 1.40.3.
> Minor changes are needed in xpdf and/or pdfTeX.
> Please wait until Martin releases the next version of pdfTeX.

I do not care much about xpdf itself (do not have Motif) but only
about its utilities

>
> Best regards,
> Akira
>


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