[Gdal-dev] compile problems re: GIF on RHEL 5/64-bit platform

[Frank Warmerdam]

Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov wrote:
> John,
> 
>       If it helps, I've just compiled 1.4.2 on Centos 5 64-bit using the
> external gif libraries and it finished compilation  using the system
> giflib-devel-4.1.3-7.1.el5.1.  Frank,  what are the advantages of using the
> internal gif library over the external gif library ?

Doug,

Building with the internal gif library is supposed to be easier and safer
than depending on the system library. :-)

I am aware of no reason to use the internal libungif instead of the
system libungif if that works fine.

Best regards,
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