Re: [boost] [gil] Can not open test.jpg

Subject: Re: [boost] [gil] Can not open test.jpg
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-21 09:36:47

Mariusz Kwiczala wrote:
> Christian,
>
>>>This file needs to be swapped out. Will do that next week.
>>Done.
> Thank you.
>
>>Marius, do you wanna try out it the new gil::io? It's located here:
>>http://gil-contributions.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/gil_2/boost/gil/extension
> /
> Will it be available in 1.43?
>
>>Let me know if you have questions, problems, etc.
> I have one suggestion:
> Gil::Io extensions do not work without required libjpeg libpng, libtiff
> ...
> There is no way to run examples from "boost_1_42_0\libs\gil\example"
> without
> required libs.
> There are problems to match boost::gil and "external graphlibs" i.e.
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2442335/libpng-boostgil-png-infopp-null-not-found
>
> I think that libjpeg libpng, libtiff libs should be included into boost
> and compiled with use bjam.

Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to these libraries included in
Boost. It may cause number of problems, versions compatibility, duplicated

There are Boost Build extensions available which allow to build 3rd-party
libraries in fairly easy way:

http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/tools/build_extensions/

I did some experiments 2 days ago and with success. I'm going to try them
with Boost.GIL soon.
IMHO, the build extensions are the right way to go here.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net