As I mentioned last year, ImageMagick has moved onto -7. The -6 version is in maintenance mode. Much of the structure has changed, which appears to mke changing the programs which use it complex, but the headers and libraries themselves can be installed in parallel.
Unfortunately, the main pkgconfig files have the same names, so if you install both versions then the pkgconfig file will be whichever version you installed last.
I've been asked if you guys have any development patches to support ImageMagick-7 ? But maybe I should just ask if you have any plans to eventually support the newer version ?
For the moment, I suspect the answer is no - and after looking at the code I wouldn't achieve anything in a month of sundays. So, for my own purposes I have a cunning plan : sed the Makefile in inkscape to add '6' to all the pkgconfig filenames, and then sed all users (inkscape, possibly some others) to add the 6 to the names. Dunno if I'll manage it, but it looks possible.
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On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 09:57:52PM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote:
As I mentioned last year, ImageMagick has moved onto -7. The -6 version is in maintenance mode. Much of the structure has changed, which appears to mke changing the programs which use it complex, but the headers and libraries themselves can be installed in parallel.
Unfortunately, the main pkgconfig files have the same names, so if you install both versions then the pkgconfig file will be whichever version you installed last.
I've been asked if you guys have any development patches to support ImageMagick-7 ? But maybe I should just ask if you have any plans to eventually support the newer version ?
If there are patches, they'd be in launchpad. I haven't heard mention of anything. I'd ask suv on IRC, she has a knack for knowing where to find anything and everything.
Offhand it sounds sensible for us to support the newer version.
For the moment, I suspect the answer is no - and after looking at the code I wouldn't achieve anything in a month of sundays. So, for my own purposes I have a cunning plan : sed the Makefile in inkscape to add '6' to all the pkgconfig filenames, and then sed all users (inkscape, possibly some others) to add the 6 to the names. Dunno if I'll manage it, but it looks possible.
Who provides the pkgconfig files? ImageMagick? Would it make sense to ask them to add the -6?
Bryce
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On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 10:30:57PM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 09:57:52PM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote:
I've been asked if you guys have any development patches to support ImageMagick-7 ? But maybe I should just ask if you have any plans to eventually support the newer version ?
If there are patches, they'd be in launchpad. I haven't heard mention of anything. I'd ask suv on IRC, she has a knack for knowing where to find anything and everything.
Offhand it sounds sensible for us to support the newer version.
Thanks. At the moment I don't think any major distro has moved to IM7 so I suspect most people will regard this as a low priority.
For the moment, I suspect the answer is no - and after looking at the code I wouldn't achieve anything in a month of sundays. So, for my own purposes I have a cunning plan : sed the Makefile in inkscape to add '6' to all the pkgconfig filenames, and then sed all users (inkscape, possibly some others) to add the 6 to the names. Dunno if I'll manage it, but it looks possible.
Who provides the pkgconfig files? ImageMagick? Would it make sense to ask them to add the -6?
Bryce
Yeah, probably. For the moment I'm attempting a rough hack, but if it works I'll then need to look at trying to get a cleaner version and go to their forums.
Cheers
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