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Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 03:07:38 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Subject: Updated: tiff-3.5.7-1
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The tiff package has been updated to version 3.5.7-1.  It is based
on the official tiff-v3.5.7.tar.gz distribution, and provides a
library and utility routines for manipulating tiff files and images.

CHANGES: (vs. 3.5.6beta-2)
   1. Internal changes to facilitate easier building/maintainance
   2. tiff is now built using the 'auto-import' features of
	  recent binutils.
   3. update to the official 3.5.7 release
   4. install "private" headers so that libgeotiff can be compiled
   5. the -src package is much larger now because it contains the
      test images needed so that 'make check' works.

Charles Wilson
tiff volunteer maintainer for cygwin

INSTALLATION:

To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin web page.	This downloads setup.exe
to your system.

Run setup and answer all of the questions.  You must choose a
mirror, since direct downloads from 'cygwin.com' are no longer
allowed.

ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/cygwin/ (US)
ftp://linux.sarang.net/mirror/development/compiler/cygwin/ (Korea)
ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin (UK)

The setup.exe program will figure out what needs to be updated on your
system and should install the tiff package automatically.

If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin
mailing list at:  cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com .  I would appreciate if you
would use this mailing list rather than emailing me directly. This
includes ideas and comments about the setup utility or Cygwin general.

If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is
the appropriate place.

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NOTES:

o Now uses the auto-import functionality of newer binutils, and
doesn't use __declspec(dllimport).  This means you no longer need
"-DTIFF_STATIC -DJPEG_STATIC -DZLIB_STATIC" or even -DALL_STATIC
when compiling objects intended for static linking. Just compile
as normal. HOWEVER, you need to use a special flags when linking
statically: 'gcc -static'. For dynamic linking, you need no special
link-time flags (assuming you're using binutils newer than 20011002,
when --enable-auto-import was made the default).

   -- PRO: no compile time flags needed when building
	  client programs; ONLY need a link-time flag
	  linking to static libraries.	NO special flags
	  at compile-time nor link-time when linking to
	  dynamic links.
   -- CON: (partial): if using binutils older than 20010930,
	  you now need a special linktime flag for dynamic
	  linking (-Wl,--enable-auto-import).  However,
	  with an up-to-date binutils, you don't need this.

o Depends on zlib-1.1.3-7 and jpeg-6b-7 packages; please install those
packages as well.

o As of v3.5.3, libtiff no longer includes support for LZW-compressed
images, due to Unisys' recent activities enforcing their patent. While
the source archive contains the official 're-enable LZW support' patch,
it is NOT applied to the source archive and the files in the binary
package do NOT include that functionality. If you want it, you have to
build it yourself (although the README file in
/usr/doc/Cygwin/tiff-3.5.7.README contains step-by-step instructions
for doing this, intended for *authorized users* only -- e.g. those
outside of the US patent jurisdiction, or who have purchased
a license from Unisys.)

o Includes several utilities for manipulating tiff files. The binary
package includes dynamically linked versions of these utilities,
although the build process will make both dynamically and statically
linked versions.

o Building the package from source requires gcc-2.95.3-5 and
binutils-20011002-1 or later

o If you are building a package that depends on libjpeg, and you wish to
link *statically*, just use 'gcc -static' when linking your package.
There no need to -Ddefine anything special when compiling your object
files.

o No special -Ddefine options or link options are needed when building a
package that depends on libjpeg and you want to link dynamically
(recommended).

o The DLL exports a few variables that are "bad" -- in the
sense that they cannot be auto-imported (arrays of structs, etc).
However, these are library private and should NOT be accessed by
external programs.  If you find a rogue program out there that
messes with these internal data objects, let me know...

o The following packages have been converted from old style
"-DFOO_STATIC" to the new autoimport style of DLL structure:
     ncurses   readline	 gettext   zlib   tiff
     libpng    xpm-nox	 jpeg	   jbig
The following have not (yet) been converted, and still need
-DFOO_STATIC for static builds:
     bzip2     gdbm