---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2004-520
2004-12-06
---------------------------------------------------------------------Product     : Fedora Core 2
Name        : libpng
Version     : 1.2.8
Release     : 1.fc2
Summary     : A library of functions for manipulating PNG image format
files.
Description :
The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and
manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files.  PNG
is a bit-mapped graphics format similar to the GIF format.  PNG was
created to replace the GIF format, since GIF uses a patented data
compression algorithm.

Libpng should be installed if you need to manipulate PNG format image
files.

---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

Updates libpng to the current release 1.2.8. For details about
the bugs which have been fixed in this release, see
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

---------------------------------------------------------------------* Mon Dec 06 2004 Matthias Clasen  2:1.2.8-1.fc2

- Update to 1.2.8


---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from:
  
abb49c3cb1311e9426f0538ef99261ca  SRPMS/libpng-1.2.8-1.fc2.src.rpm
150e1f683bab25cb3ab55cbe3cdf6bbd  x86_64/libpng-1.2.8-1.fc2.x86_64.rpm
e248fbff5287e424ae96c8ef65a9da5b  x86_64/libpng-devel-1.2.8-1.fc2.x86_64.rpm
b61ce127918e07b5956bbb2a4107f1a9  x86_64/debug/libpng-debuginfo-1.2.8-1.fc2.x86_64.rpm
5f99272d582837f1115c55feaeebca11  x86_64/libpng-1.2.8-1.fc2.i386.rpm
5f99272d582837f1115c55feaeebca11  i386/libpng-1.2.8-1.fc2.i386.rpm
ca6686c1e0de590e12caba11712eeabc  i386/libpng-devel-1.2.8-1.fc2.i386.rpm
9d1c9d069a348c27e04f061cacf90ee0  i386/debug/libpng-debuginfo-1.2.8-1.fc2.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
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Fedora: libpng-1.2.8-1.fc2 update

December 9, 2004
Updates libpng to the current release 1.2.8

Summary

The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and

manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. PNG

is a bit-mapped graphics format similar to the GIF format. PNG was

created to replace the GIF format, since GIF uses a patented data

compression algorithm.

Libpng should be installed if you need to manipulate PNG format image

files.

Updates libpng to the current release 1.2.8. For details about

the bugs which have been fixed in this release, see

http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

- Update to 1.2.8

abb49c3cb1311e9426f0538ef99261ca SRPMS/libpng-1.2.8-1.fc2.src.rpm

150e1f683bab25cb3ab55cbe3cdf6bbd x86_64/libpng-1.2.8-1.fc2.x86_64.rpm

e248fbff5287e424ae96c8ef65a9da5b x86_64/libpng-devel-1.2.8-1.fc2.x86_64.rpm

b61ce127918e07b5956bbb2a4107f1a9 x86_64/debug/libpng-debuginfo-1.2.8-1.fc2.x86_64.rpm

5f99272d582837f1115c55feaeebca11 x86_64/libpng-1.2.8-1.fc2.i386.rpm

5f99272d582837f1115c55feaeebca11 i386/libpng-1.2.8-1.fc2.i386.rpm

ca6686c1e0de590e12caba11712eeabc i386/libpng-devel-1.2.8-1.fc2.i386.rpm

9d1c9d069a348c27e04f061cacf90ee0 i386/debug/libpng-debuginfo-1.2.8-1.fc2.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can

launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.

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Name : libpng
Version : 1.2.8
Release : 1.fc2
Summary : A library of functions for manipulating PNG image format

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